Summary: chown root:root soft link /etc/hosts gives "root other"

That's normal.  By default, chown changes the ownership of the file
pointed to by the link, not the link itself.  If you need to change the
link's owner/group, use the "-h" option.  From "man chown":

     -h    If the file is a symbolic link, change  the  owner  of
           the  symbolic  link. Without this option, the owner of
           the file referenced by the symbolic link is changed.


Cheers,
James Noyes

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You need to use "chown -h".

Casper

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Use the -h option on the soft link.

Chris Pinnock

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chown -h root:root /etc/hosts

Sega





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