chgrp (change group) in Linux CLI - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Change Group Ownership of Files Using chgrp

📖 Scenario: You are managing files on a Linux system for a small team. Some files need to be assigned to a specific group so that team members can access them properly.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to use the chgrp command to change the group ownership of files.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create three empty files named report.txt, summary.txt, and data.csv

Create a group named teamgroup

Use chgrp to change the group ownership of the three files to teamgroup

Verify the group ownership of the files using ls -l

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

System administrators often need to assign files to specific groups so that team members can share access easily.

💼 Career

Knowing how to manage file permissions and group ownership is essential for Linux system administration and security management.

1

Create the files

Create three empty files named report.txt, summary.txt, and data.csv using the touch command.

Linux CLI

# Create the files using touch
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use touch followed by the file names separated by spaces.

2

Create the group

Create a new group named teamgroup using the groupadd command.

Linux CLI

touch report.txt summary.txt data.csv
# Create the group teamgroup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use groupadd followed by the group name.

3

Change group ownership of files

Use the chgrp command to change the group ownership of report.txt, summary.txt, and data.csv to the group teamgroup.

Linux CLI

touch report.txt summary.txt data.csv
groupadd teamgroup
# Change group ownership of the three files to teamgroup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use chgrp followed by the group name and then the file names.

4

Verify the group ownership

Use the ls -l command to display the details of report.txt, summary.txt, and data.csv and verify that their group ownership is teamgroup.

Linux CLI

touch report.txt summary.txt data.csv
groupadd teamgroup
chgrp teamgroup report.txt summary.txt data.csv
# List the files with details to check group ownership
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use ls -l followed by the file names to see detailed info including group ownership.