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To give a file to someone else, change the ownership of the file
with the
chown(C)
(change owner) command, as follows:
chown new_owner filename
The new_owner argument is the login name of the new owner.
For example, the following command line assigns ownership of 01.intro to the user charles:
$ chown charles 01.introYou must be the current owner of a file to change its ownership; that is, you cannot give the file to someone else unless it is yours to give. When you create a file, you automatically become its owner.
Depending on the permissions on a file, if you give away ownership you may give away your right to access the file afterwards.