The following options can be used:
-R
|If chown is applied to a directory, it will change the owner/group of this directory and all its files and sub-directories.
|By default, symbolic links will be changed.
|But the linked files of symbolic links will not be changed.
-L
|If the -R option is specified, symbolic links will not be changed.
|But the linked files of symbolic links will be changed.
|The -L option overrides any previous -P options.
|The -L option is ignored unless the -R option is specified.
-P
|If the -R option is specified, symbolic links will be changed.
|But the linked files of symbolic links will not be changed.
|The -P option overrides any previous -L options.
|The -P option is ignored unless the -R option is specified.
-v
|Cause chown to be verbose, showing filenames if the owner/group is modified.