root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# ls -ld * /root /root/.profile
drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Apr 13 03:43 /root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Dec 4 15:35 /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Apr 17 11:29 profile -> /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 17 11:30 root -> /root
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# chown -h nobody *
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# ls -ld * /root /root/.profile
drwx------ 1 nobody root 4096 Apr 13 03:43 /root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Dec 4 15:35 /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nobody root 14 Apr 17 11:29 profile -> /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 17 11:30 root -> /root
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# chown -h root *
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# ls -ld * /root /root/.profile
drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Apr 13 03:43 /root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Dec 4 15:35 /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Apr 17 11:29 profile -> /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 17 11:30 root -> /root
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# gnuchown -h nobody *
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# ls -ld * /root /root/.profile
drwx------ 1 root root 4096 Apr 13 03:43 /root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Dec 4 15:35 /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nobody root 14 Apr 17 11:29 profile -> /root/.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nobody root 5 Apr 17 11:30 root -> /root
root@4a83d918d81a:/tmp/test# chown --version; gnuchown --version
chown (uutils coreutils) 0.8.0
chown (GNU coreutils) 9.7
