<p>To protect copied files, set the owner and the permissions of the files. Set the owner using the syntax <i>userid:groupid</i>. Permissions can be a symbolic representation of changes to make or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new permissions.</p>
Set the owner using the syntax <i>userid:groupid</i>. Permissions can be a symbolic
representation of changes to make or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the
new permissions.</p>