How do I change the owner/group of a file in my server?

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Published on 2010-05-07T17:20:39Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 17:28 UTC
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Hello All,

I am getting a 500 error because the owner of some of my files is set incorrectly, its set at 0 0 when the rest are at 510 510?? How do I fix this, I've read something about ssh?

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