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Index of Subjects Hi! On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, wrote: > My workaround (I always have a workaround) for this is to reinstall > them in the directory via tagging them and using Shift + i. Once the new > versions are in place, I switch back to the original tagged versions > (which are still tagged) and zap them with r + y. I then go into RCS and > zap the ,v equivalents of the old files. Hmm ... this is an interesting idea: works too! Still, it would be good to fix this bug since: 1) It _should_ work ;-> 2) This wouldn't work if you were moving files to a lower-case directory that doesn't show up in one's .installdirs file. > Reinstalling them will change the permissions to the owner doing the > installing. Good suggestion, though. It beats having to move them one-by-one. Cheers! Chris > On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Christopher Majka wrote: > > > I've been aware of this problem for a while. If one attempts to move > > tagged files from one directory to another, and those directories have a > > different owner, the system balks with: > > > > Destination has different owner! Request denied. > > > > For instance, just today I was trying to move files from: > > > > Full name: /csuite/info/Culture > > Name of owner: http > > Group name: fn-edit > > > > To > > > > Full name: /csuite/info/Culture/Richards > > Name of owner: aa051 > > Group name: fn-edit > > > > And it was a no-go. > > > > I can move the files one at a time from directory to directory with no > > problem, but as soon as I tag a file the system protests seeing that > > http =/= aa051. I doesn't matter whether it is 1 or >1 files. > > > > Can this problem be easily remedied? It's not life and death but it can be > > a bit of a pain if one has to move a large number of files. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> Editor-in-Chief: Chebucto Community Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Home.html "We have ... in this country ... far too many captive editors who cannot even be heard to rattle their chains." -- Carl E. Lindstrom _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
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