chown: changing ownership of ... Operation not permitted

[Gregory Piñero]

Hi guys,

I'm a little stuck here:

Ultimately I want to run this:
chiefinnovator at MAIN1:~$ python
/home/chiefinnovator/stock_market_prediction/create_data_file.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/chiefinnovator/stock_market_prediction/create_data_file.py",
line10, in ?
    from matplotlib.finance import quotes_historical_yahoo
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line
733, in ?    rcParams = rc_params()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line
689, in rc_params
    for line in file(fname):
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/matplotlibrc'

but as you can see I get a permission denied error.

So I figure I should run this:
chiefinnovator at MAIN1:~$ sudo chown -hR chiefinnovator "/etc/matplotlibrc"
chown: changing ownership of `/etc/matplotlibrc': Operation not permitted

But a get this operation not permitted error.

I also get the same error when running:
sudo chown chiefinnovator "/etc/matplotlibrc"

And additionally if I use nautilus as root it still won't let me
change ownership or permissions on this (file?)

Thanks,

-- 
Gregory Piñero
Chief Innovation Officer
Blended Technologies
(www.blendedtechnologies.com)