Does the chown command require root?
95585
Why can't a normal user `chown` a file?
140654
Giving access of a set of commands to a non-root user without sudo
120352
Why does chown report "Operation not permitted" on OS X?
7722
How do I start Nautilus as root?
7525
Why isn't this sudo mv operation with wildcard working?
755
What should I do to force the root filesystem check (and optionally a fix) at boot?
86192
How to run applications as root?
8158
Why does mount require root privileges?
57405
No permission to chown /mnt/hdd
22125
chmod and chown a remote NTFS filesystem both fail
51339
Why is it bad to run as root?
117623
Why do I need root-privileges to update my package manager's package list?
15361
How to run Terminal as root?
7317
how to: Please sudo, do _not_ setup any environment, especially $SUDO_USER?
8605
How to run a specific program as root without a password prompt?
36597
Recovering from bad chown command
61240
Why don't applications opened as root use global menu?