Bug? in os.chown()

[David Lambert]

I am running Python 2.0 on Mandrake Linux 7.2 and have come across an
apparent anomaly with os.chown(). Running a process as root, I can
change any file's ownerships apart from symbolic links. No error is
given, but the ownership refuses to be changed. Is this a feature or a
bug? How do I change a symbolic link's owner and group?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dave Lambert.