# Changing Ownership

Currently, the `${CLFS}` directory and all of its subdirectories are owned by the user `clfs`, a user that exists only on the host system. For security reasons, the ${CLFS} root directory and all of its subdirectories should be owned by `root`. Change the ownership for ${CLFS} and its subdirectories by running this command:

    chown -Rv &uid-root;:&gid-root; ${CLFS}

The following files are to be owned by the group `utmp` not by `root`.

    chgrp -v &gid-utmp; ${CLFS}/var/run/utmp ${CLFS}/var/log/lastlog