I haven't upgraded to Focal yet, but it's still an open issue upstream:
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/5237

May 20, 2020 5:49 AM, "Sebastien Bacher" <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Is that still an issue in focal?
> 
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> Title:
> vim-gtk can no longer save to non-group-writable files in GVFS SFTP
> mounts in 18.04
> 
> Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
> New
> 
> Bug description:
> In Ubuntu 16.04, with gvim 7.4.1689, I can open files over GVFS SSH
> mounts (by going to `ssh://wherever` in the address bar in the file
> browser and double-clicking on the file), edit them, and save them.
> 
> In Ubuntu 18.04, when I install `vim-gtk` and try to do the same
> thing, I can open the files just fine, but when I try to save them I
> get a message that Vim "Can't open file for writing".
> 
> If I check out the Vim source tree and build and install vim
> v7.4.1689, which is what Xenial is shipping now, and use *that* gvim
> on Ubuntu 18.04, I can save over SSH mounts. I can also save fine from
> gedit.
> 
> Something is wrong with the gvim shipping with 18.04.
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: vim-gtk (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-44.47-generic 4.15.18
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-44-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Mon Jan 28 15:55:56 2019
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: vim
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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  vim-gtk can no longer save to non-group-writable files in GVFS SFTP
  mounts in 18.04

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