gedit ownership problem

[Jack Challen]

Sorry, replying to the reply -- seem to have lost the original mail

> 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 ?

Are you sure that they can't _edit_ that file? It's possible they can 
edit it (try with another program), but they can't remove it. If that's 
the case, I would think the parent directory has the sticky bit set. (Is 
the file in question in /tmp?) Here's the relevant portion from "man chmod":

==
   The  name  of  the `sticky bit' derives from the original meaning: 
keep program text on swap device.  These days, when set for a directory, 
  it means  that  only the owner of the file and the owner of that 
directory may remove the file from that directory.  (This  is  commonly 
  used  on directories like /tmp that have general write permission.)
==

jack

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Jack Challen
Technical Consultant, OCSL.
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