How to change UID and GID? chown

UID = User ID
GID = Group ID

We can change UID and GID with command ‘chown’ login with SSH.

chown -R newuserID:newgroupID folder_name

For example, to change myfolder UID and GID

chown -R bdhostit:bdhostit myfolder

or to change maildir UID and GID. Here, “bdhostit” is account’s username.

chown -R bdhostit:mail /home/bdhostit/domains/Maildir