I think this bug is reported here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346676
The problem is that gnome-vfs takes the uid of a file directly from the server. The patch changes the behaviour so that every file has uid of the current user. Better approach would to first check if we really have permissions to the file and if so, change the uid. I wrote a small patch based on the patch reported on the above bug and old code taken from the gnome-vfs's CVS repository . The patch fixed this issue, atleast for me. However the patch may have other problems. ** Attachment added: "Fix for uid issue in gnome-vfs" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5477315/uidgid-hack.patch ** Also affects: gnome-vfs2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Openoffice won't open files using sftp:// in read/write mode https://launchpad.net/bugs/41985 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
