how do you change owners for files and dir
 

Hi guys what is the unix command to change a dir and a file's from one user to another user. Thanks

chown -v -R username.username *

This changes all the files to owner of username, for group and user.
-v = verbose
-R = recursive

Thank you mate

um what im needing is to change the permission/user on a dir to the right owner.
[admin members]$ chown -v -R admin.va2k *
chown: admin.va2k: invalid group

I need it to be able to change the a dir that was setup by admin to access and useable for va2k

obviously either admin or va2k is illegal. one is not a valid user, or the other is not a valid group. i dont remember which sets the group and which sets the user.

do a man on chown, and you'll see what it does.