symlink(7): The ownership of symlinks is used by the system,

in at least three ways, so do not say it is ignored:
* who may delete/rename a symlink in a sticky directory
* who may do lchflags(2)/lchown(2)/lchmod(2)
* whose inode quota is charged

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.\" @(#)symlink.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 31, 1994
.Dd April 25, 2010
.Dt SYMLINK 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ an existing symbolic link can be changed by means of the
and
.Xr lutimes 2
system calls, respectively.
Of these, only the flags are used by the system;
the access permissions and ownership are ignored.
Of these, only the flags and ownership are used by the system;
the access permissions are ignored.
.Pp
The
.Bx 4.4