Which of the following is the effect if root issues the command hmod 600 b?

Suppose b is a link to another file. The output of ls -l b is:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 13 12:44 b -> a

Which of the following is the effect if root issues the command hmod 600 b?

A.
Permissions listed for both the symbolic link and the target file are changed.

B.
Permissions associated with the symbolic link itself are set to 600 while the permissions for the target file are
unchanged.

C.
Permissions for the target file are set to 600 while the permissions listed for the link are unchanged.

D.
The user will receive an error message.