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From: "Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]" <lavr@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>
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Subject: RE: vi stealing SYSTEM-owned permissions and ownership
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> > Haha, yes. But if my students have to administer remote
> production-machines, most of the time they have no other option. I want them
> to succeed where others fail.

Reading this thread, it looks like it digressed far away from the original point
($subject) as to why "vi" did not keep the original owner of an edited file.
(also pointed out was that "nano" did)...  A reasonable expectation, IMO.

Anton Lavrentiev
Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI


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