[Bug 81015] not possible to change permission (rwxrwxrwx) on files on sftp coonnections with a different user

[Spliffster]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nautilus

my local user name is spliffy. when i connect to:
ssh://mng@infra/home/mng (note the different user) then i will not be
possible to change file permissions on remote files, although I would
have permissions.

what I have done:
 1) connected to a remote server as described above
 2) right clicked on a file, selected Properties
 3) changed to tab Permissions
then the owner/group/others' widgets are disabled (grayed out).

maybe this is no bug at all an it isn't possible to allow this. mind
you, there are many networks using nis/ldap or some other infrastructure
to keep the uid/gid's in sync. is it possible to re-enable the
permission settings via the gnome configuration ?

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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not possible to change permission (rwxrwxrwx) on files on sftp coonnections with a different user
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81015