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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: GUI suggestions
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-03 18:43:40
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On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 08:06:08PM +0200, Thomas Zander wrote:
> 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. 

Sounds good.

So the algo would be

if uid = owner-uid => "user" in bold
else if gid = owner-gid => "group" in bold
else "other" in bold

?

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David FAURE
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