gedit ownership problem

[Nigel Wade]

Yard, John wrote:
> When using gedit, I have users 
> who cannot edit a file owned by
> another user, even if the linux permissions
> allow them ( say even 777 ). 
> 
> What is the circumvention of this problem ?
> 
> JYard
> 

Not knowing gedit in detail, I'll have to guess. Possibly gedit creates a 
temporary copy of the file in the same directory as the existing file, and that 
requires write permission on the directory.

-- 
Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
             University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
E-mail :    nmw at ion.le.ac.uk
Phone :     +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555