chown/chgrp on symbolic links

[Bob Ferro]

I found a great C program to change the permissions on a symbolic soft link (chmod on symbolic links). I was wondering is there a way to change the ownership/group for a symbolic soft link other than deleting the link and recreating it? I work for the Department of Defense and are audits require that file ownership and groups be very specific.

[Peter Leddy_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Bob,

You can use the -h option with chown, have a look at the manpage for chown it explains it.

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90680/chown.1.html

Regards,

Peter

[Bob Ferro]

That did it. Thanks very much.

[Bob Ferro]

Thanks again.