Unable to change the ownership or other access properties of a file owned by root when running as root
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Description
### What Happened?
After moving a file as root the new file was owned by root. Attempts to change the ownership back through the UI failed. It was possible through the CLI.
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Try to change the ownership:group of a file owned by root when running Files as administrator
2. The options are greyed out.
### Expected Behavior
Files should be able to perform the same `chown` operations as the commandline when running as Administator
### OS Version
7.x (Horus)
### OS Architecture
amd64 (on most hardwares)
### Session Type
Classic Session (X11, This is the default)
### Software Version
Latest release (I have run all updates)
### Log Output
```shell
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### Hardware Info
_No response_
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