def owner(*paths, **kwargs):
    '''
    .. versionadded:: 2014.7.0

    Return the name of the package that owns the file. Multiple file paths can
    be passed. Like :mod:`pkg.version <salt.modules.yumpkg.version>`, if a
    single path is passed, a string will be returned, and if multiple paths are
    passed, a dictionary of file/package name pairs will be returned.

    If the file is not owned by a package, or is not present on the minion,
    then an empty string will be returned for that path.

    CLI Examples:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg.owner /usr/bin/apachectl
        salt '*' pkg.owner /usr/bin/apachectl /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    '''
    if not paths:
        return ''
    ret = {}
    cmd_prefix = ['rpm', '-qf', '--queryformat', '%{name}']
    for path in paths:
        ret[path] = __salt__['cmd.run_stdout'](
            cmd_prefix + [path],
            output_loglevel='trace',
            python_shell=False
        )
        if 'not owned' in ret[path].lower():
            ret[path] = ''
    if len(ret) == 1:
        return next(six.itervalues(ret))
    return ret