diff --git a/commons-lib/src/main/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtils.java b/commons-lib/src/main/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtils.java
index 4321af78..0c125f6e 100644
--- a/commons-lib/src/main/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/commons-lib/src/main/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.opencb.commons.utils;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.opencb.commons.exec.Command;
+
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -157,4 +160,55 @@ public static BufferedWriter newBufferedWriter(Path path, Charset charset) throw
         return bufferedWriter;
     }
 
+    public static String getUser(Path path) throws IOException {
+        return getUser(path, false);
+    }
+
+    public static String getUser(Path path, boolean numericId) throws IOException {
+        return getLsOutput(path, numericId).split(" ")[2];
+    }
+
+    public static String getGroup(Path path) throws IOException {
+        return getGroup(path, false);
+    }
+
+    public static String getGroup(Path path, boolean numericId) throws IOException {
+        return getLsOutput(path, numericId).split(" ")[3];
+    }
+
+    public static String[] getUserAndGroup(Path path) throws IOException {
+        return getUserAndGroup(path, false);
+    }
+
+    public static String[] getUserAndGroup(Path path, boolean numericId) throws IOException {
+        String[] split = getLsOutput(path, numericId).split(" ");
+
+        return new String[]{split[2], split[3]};
+    }
+
+    private static String getLsOutput(Path path, boolean numericId) throws IOException {
+        FileUtils.checkPath(path);
+
+        String dirOption = path.toFile().isDirectory() ? "d" : "";
+        String numericOption = numericId ? "n" : "";
+        String cmdline = "ls -l" + dirOption + numericOption + " " + path.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+
+        // Execute command line
+        Command cmd = new Command(cmdline);
+        cmd.run();
+
+        // Get output and error
+        String output = cmd.getOutput();
+        String error = cmd.getError();
+
+        if (org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotEmpty(error)) {
+            throw new IOException(error);
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(output)) {
+            throw new IOException("Error accessing to path: " + path);
+        }
+
+        return output;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/commons-lib/src/test/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtilsTest.java b/commons-lib/src/test/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cae2f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons-lib/src/test/java/org/opencb/commons/utils/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.opencb.commons.utils;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class FileUtilsTest {
+
+    Path path = Paths.get("/tmp");
+
+    @Test
+    public void getUser() throws IOException {
+        String user = FileUtils.getUser(path);
+        Assert.assertEquals("root", user);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getUserNumeric() throws IOException {
+        String user = FileUtils.getUser(path, true);
+        Assert.assertEquals("0", user);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getGroup() throws IOException {
+        String group = FileUtils.getGroup(path);
+        Assert.assertEquals("root", group);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getGroupNumeric() throws IOException {
+        String group = FileUtils.getGroup(path, true);
+        Assert.assertEquals("0", group);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getUserAndGroup() throws IOException {
+        String[] user = FileUtils.getUserAndGroup(path);
+        Assert.assertEquals("root", user[0]);
+        Assert.assertEquals("root", user[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getUserAndGroupNumeric() throws IOException {
+        String[] user = FileUtils.getUserAndGroup(path, true);
+        Assert.assertEquals("0", user[0]);
+        Assert.assertEquals("0", user[1]);
+    }
+}
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