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Idea #15536: Graphical integration/frontend for chown

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #7731: Easy way of chown -R directory that somene uploded in samba share.
Written by asaz989 the 12 Nov 08 at 12:23. Related project: Nautilus. Status: New
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There should be a way to change the ownership of a file from Nautilus (with authentication, of course).
Tags: chown

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #15536
Written by asaz989 the 12 Nov 08 at 12:23.
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SEJeff wrote on the 12 Nov 08 at 17:41
This should be doable by extending the properties dialog in nautilus. You'd need to hook it into policykit and grant the user the CAP_CHOWN capability temporarily based on system policy.


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