FileFormat.Info » ftp http://fileformat.wordpress.com Observations from running www.FileFormat.Info Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:28:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/5545e65fed59b043d22ac0b7d44a9d8c?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png FileFormat.Info » ftp http://fileformat.wordpress.com Stop GEdit opening FTP files as read-only http://fileformat.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/stop-gedit-opening-ftp-files-as-read-only/ http://fileformat.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/stop-gedit-opening-ftp-files-as-read-only/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:47:01 +0000 fileformat http://fileformat.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/stop-gedit-opening-ftp-files-as-read-only/ ]]>

I use Debian’s “Places -> connect to server…” dialog to setup connections to a couple FTP servers. Copying and such like work fine, but when I try to use GEdit, it always opens the file read-only. I can “Save As” to the exact file, so it wasn’t a permission problem. The trick is in some totally obscure config file. Here’s the (in GUI) steps to fix it:

  1. Run gconf-editor
  2. Open the tree to /apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor/save
  3. Edit writable_vfs_schemes
  4. Add ftp to the list

Voila. Gedit saving FTP. Via the kaylus on the Ubuntu Forums, but it is the same in Debian Etch.

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