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From: KSpagnol@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Unwanted chown's done on files being edited
Message-ID: <541@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 8 Feb 90 01:43:31 GMT
Reply-To: K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo)
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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We have 18.55 running on a Pyramid 90x and some DECstation 3100's.
When I save a file that I've been editing as root, the owner of that
file becomes root, regardless of what it was to start with.  What a
pain this is.  This was not the case when we were running 18.51, nor
did I knowingly do anything at compile time to include or disable this
"feature" in either case.  A brief look thru the source shows that
chown is called only as a command in dired mode.

Can anyone say how to get around this one?  Thanx.

-- 
Ken Spagnolo - Systems Programmer, Postmaster, Usenet Administrator, etc.
   Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz  Phone: +64-63-69099 x8587  New Zealand = GMT+12