WWCTL(1)

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💅 WWCTL(1) — the wwctl manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real quick: this page is from the wwctl manual, section 1, and it's specifically about the overlay chown subcommand. it's giving "tiny page, very specific job," and honestly? iconic of it.

✨ NAME ✨

wwctl-overlay-chown — change file ownership within an overlay 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wwctl overlay chown [OPTIONS] OVERLAY_NAME FILE UID[:GID]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: this command changes the ownership of a FILE inside the system or runtime OVERLAY_NAME — and it hands that ownership over to whichever user UID says. 👑

and optionally? it'll change the group ownership too, to whatever GID you give it. two-for-one glow-up, no cap. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help[=false] — help for chown. the "wait what does this do again" button, but make it cute. 🙈

🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧚

these are the ones you get handed down from the parent command, like a really useful family heirloom:

  • -d, --debug[=false] — Run with debugging messages enabled. 🔥 all the little details, loud and proud.
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — Run with increased verbosity. like debug's chattier cousin — more talking, more info. 🗣️
  • --warewulfconf="" — Set the warewulf configuration file. this is where you point at your config, default is the empty string "". ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • wwctl-overlay(1) — go read the parent page, bestie, it's the whole overlay saga 💜

👑 HISTORY 👑

16-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra. it didn't write itself (well, actually, it kind of did 😭).

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this little gem was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Sep 2026, and it lives at WWCTL(1) — slay, go forth and chown responsibly 💖✨🎀

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