gedit won't let me modify a file through FTP

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 10 Feb 2005, at 11:42, Vincent Arnoux wrote:

>> Hello,
>> I am using Nautilus to remotely access a FTP text file. When I double 
>> click on this file, gedit opens it, but then I am unable to modify it 
>> (my local username is not the same as the FTP login).
>> Is there a way to make the FTP access transparent for gEdit ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vincent
>>
> Is using gedit impossible for modifying a file through FTP, or is so 
> stupid-simple nobody wants to answer ?

AFAIK, neither gftp nor gnome-vfs have support for modifying files 
using FTP. I think you should a network filesystem, like NFS or Samba, 
for example.