Bug 106291

Summary: Usability: file permissions fallback to root if owner or group of a file is modified to a nonexistant user
Product: [Applications] kfile Reporter: Görkem Çetin <gorkem>
Component: generalAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: RedHat Enterprise Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Görkem Çetin 2005-05-25 19:23:25 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.0)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
OS:                Linux

When I left click on a file and try to modify the 
owner / group of the corresponding file and enter
a nonexistant user / group, the system doesn't give 
me any errors and rather use "root". 

I think this is misleading. Better way to handle
this issue is to show a dialog to the user telling
that no such user / group exists and gives two 
suggestions, i.e

Do you want to modify the owner and group of this
file / directory?

a) Yes: Forces user to enter another user / group 

b) No: Resets to default (previous) entry
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-08-27 02:36:29 UTC 
Moving from "kio/kfile" component to "kfile" product, helps sorting out duplicates.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2018-04-11 20:36:00 UTC 
This bug is not possible any longer in Dolphin given the current UI.