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[Scott Deagan <scott.deagan@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am running Ubuntu 11.10 desktop 64 bit, the server is 11.10 64 bit,
all updates installed, and this problem still exists. Steps to
reproduce:

1. Create a file on the server (eg: /tmp/test.txt).
2. chown usr1:grp1 /tmp/test.txt
3. Open Nautilus on desktop.
4. Press CTRL+L (address bar appears).
5. Enter sftp://server.ip.address/tmp/
6. Double click test.txt to open it with gEdit.
7. Enter some text.
8. Save the file.

The result is the group is not preserved, and will change to
user1:[user1's group].

I performed the same test on Windows using WinSCP 4.x, and the result is
the group permissions are preserved (<-- expected behaviour).

Please fix this as many of us consider this to be a very useful feature
(dare I say a 'killer feature' in Linux).

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199167

Title:
  Owner changed after saving file

Status in Geany:
  Unknown
Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome:
  Confirmed
Status in “geany” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gvfs

  I've edited a text file with gedit via sftp. After saving it, the
  owner user and group is changed to the user that logged on the ssh
  server. This should not happen.

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