12-10-2015
Might be due to the fact you're dealing with a symlink. Try
-h (if available on your system);
man chown:
Quote:
--dereference
affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
-h, --no-dereference
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)
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