Re: lynx-dev moving files to directories that one doesn't own

[Jon Schewe]

> There are no plans, as far as I know.
> 
> The check for this is done explicitly in 'dir_has_same_owner' in
> HTLocal.c.  You could modify that (and sumbit a patch to the list)

I believe you means LYLocal.c

> to be more lenient.  There is a function HTEditable in HTFile.c,
> a simple way to modify 'dir_has_same_owner' would be to add a call
> to 'HTEditable' after the first 'else' in 'dir_has_same_owner'
> (and proceed according to the return value).  [ I'm not sure whether
> HTEditable really does a good job, it hasn't really been used for
> a long time.  I think it was called, but nothing noticeable actually
> depended on its result.]
>
This looks good except that dir_has_same_owner just gets the stat info and
the owners uid, but HTEditable wants the directory name, I'll at least have 
to copy the functionality out of HTFile.c

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