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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: GUI suggestions
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () xs4all ! nl>
Date:       1999-09-28 18:06:08
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On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, David Faure wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 01:33:51PM +0200, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > In a file-properties window (the one with the permissions tab)
> > It is unclear what the effective permissions are for the user. 
> > 
> > Suggestion: 
> > create a setting where the user can set his level-of-unix-expertise.
> > if expert, show all sets (user/group/others) and highlight the appropriate ones.
> > otherwise: show only the appropriate ones.
> > 
> > for example: file perms are:
> > user    group   perms
> > root    staff   rwxr-x--x
> > 
> > show rwx if user is root, 
> > show r-x if user belongs to group staff otherwise
> > show --x
> 
> This if fine for _showing_ permissions, but then how can you change permissions 
> if you don't see them (in this example, how does root give write-permission to 
> the staff group ?)
> 
Good one, 

Why not show the effective part as bold, i.e. user/group/other. 
So when I inharit the rights of the group, make the word group bold. Maybe also
the rights that come with it. 


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Thomas Zander                                              zander@earthling.net
Today, it's understood that of course you'll use a computer,
because it makes other people's lives easier -- or, more         icq: 970 00 05
accurately, it enables them to maintain their manic pace.      gpg-key:  0588D5

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