Just close the bug, looks like working now 2011/5/2 Sebastian Carneiro <scarne...@speedy.com.ar>
> Looking at the upstream bug, it appears that this is really a bug in > package gvfs. > > Looking at the change made upstream on that package, and comparing with > the package gvfs that was released with natty, it appears that this > change has already been made. > > Beside that, I repeat the steps outlined to reproduce the bug, and gedit > no longer have this problem, it allows me to save files in directories > owned by root, and also when the owner of the file is another user. > > But should be done to close this bug? Can anyone confirm if it has been > fixed. > > > Best regards. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250540 > > Title: > gedit cannot save to sftp location > > Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome: > Fix Released > Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gedit > > je@rohan:~$ lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 > Release: 8.04 > je@rohan:~$ apt-cache policy gedit > gedit: > Installed: 2.22.3-0ubuntu1 > Candidate: 2.22.3-0ubuntu1 > Version table: > *** 2.22.3-0ubuntu1 0 > 500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 2.22.1-0ubuntu1 0 > 500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages > > When using gedit to edit files remotely it wont always let me save my > file again depending on the permissions on the parent directory. > > Example: > > Log into a remote machine. > Create a file called test1 in my home directory. > Create a file called test2 in /var/www > The directory /var/www is owned by root. > Make sure that both files are locally editable. > Log out of the remote machine. > Open Gedit and open the 2 files. > Now the file test1 can be edited without a problem > But the file test2 cannot, I get the error: "Could not save the file > sftp://server/var/www/test2. You do not have the permissions necessary to > save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try > again." > > I suspect that Gedit wants to create a new file in the directories, delete > the old one and then move the new file to the old location. > Since /var/www isn't writeable by me it wont let me save the file test2. > > I expected to be able to edit both files via Gedit. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/250540/+subscribe > -- Ismo Remes Seminaaripolku 21 02400 KIRKKONUMMI FINLAND tel. +358 40 530 5100 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250540 Title: gedit cannot save to sftp location -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
