atlas chown#

file version: 10 July 2026

Overview#

atlas chown changes the owner and optional group of files and directories.

atlas chown [flags] <owner>[:<group>] <path>

Flag	Description
`--recursive`	Apply the ownership change recursively
`--regexp string`	Match paths by regular expression
`--dry-run`	Show what would change without applying it

atlas chown 25301 /archive/project/file.txt
atlas chown 25301:31415 /archive/project

Flag	Description
`--ca-cert string`	Path to CA certificate for server verification
`--format string`	Machine-readable output format (`json` or `csv`); omit for the default human-readable output
`-L, --lang string`	Interface language (`en`, `de`)
`--no-color`	Disable color output
`-P, --plaintext`	Use plaintext (non-TLS) connection
`-s, --server string`	ATLAS server address; defaults to `ACLI_SERVER`, then the stored session, `/etc/atlas/atlas.conf`, and finally `localhost:7449`
`--tls-skip-verify`	Skip TLS certificate verification; enabled by default for self-signed setups