GNU bug report logs - #865
23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Francis Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>, 865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:54:51 +0300

> From: Francis Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:08:36 -0400
> Cc: 
> 
> But if Windows says the file is owned by the Local Administrators group,
> hasn't the information about which user created it been lost?  The file
> is not truly owned by any single user.
> 
> Thus, (nth 2 (file-attributes ...)) can never return a meaningful
> existing user ID for a file that is owned by a group.

Well, that's the problem we are trying to solve...

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