---
name: "ownership"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dmidecode"
version: "3.7-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ownership"
---

# ownership(8)

Compaq ownership tag retriever

## NAME

ownership - Compaq ownership tag retriever

## SYNOPSIS

**ownership** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ownership** retrieves and prints the "ownership tag" that can be set on Compaq computers. Contrary to all other programs of the **dmidecode** package, **ownership** doesn't print any version information, nor labels, but only the raw ownership tag. This should help its integration in scripts.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--dev-mem *FILE***

  Read memory from device *FILE* (default: */dev/mem*)

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display usage information and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display the version and exit

## FILES

*/dev/mem*

## AUTHOR

Jean Delvare

## SEE ALSO

[**biosdecode**(8)](/biosdecode/8.md), [**dmidecode**(8)](/dmidecode/8.md), [**mem**(4)](/mem/4.md), [**vpddecode**(8)](/vpddecode/8.md)