Allow to write to a file without permission after authentication

[HuanhuanSunMSFT]

VS code on my Mac cannot save modified files suddenly. I tried restarting VS Code and MAC itself, but none brought saving back. It keeps popping this dialog when I cmd + S to save a file.

More information:
VS version: 0.10.6

[bpasero]

@HuanhuanSunMSFT did something change with your permissions? can you save with another editor?

[HuanhuanSunMSFT]

@bpasero I can save with Sublime 3. But I guess something permissions related did happen because when I save with Sublime 3, I need to input my password. However, I checked the file properties, it's not read only.

[bpasero]

@HuanhuanSunMSFT this indicates that you are not the owner of the file and currently we do not support entering password during write.

[HuanhuanSunMSFT]

@bpasero that's interesting. How come I'm not the owner of this file? Though it may not be related to VS Code, how could I get into this state and get out of it?

[bpasero]

I have no clue but this does not sound like something to discuss in the VSCode issue tracker.

[bpasero]

rather StackOverflow 👍

[lukewhitehouse]

@bpasero Hey, just picking up on this one too. Is the idea of password prompts for saving files you don't have permission for on the roadmap for vscode? This was super useful when I used Sublime Text and I was editing /etc/hosts files, etc.

[isidorn]

This feature request will not be considered in the next 6-12 months roadmap and as such will be closed to keep the number of issues we have to maintain actionable. Thanks for understanding and happy coding!

[lukewhitehouse]

@isidorn That's a shame but understand there are bigger fishes to fry. Is there anyway you can keep this tracked though, just closing the issue and pretending it doesn't exist disregards those of us who are looking to have this fixed?

If it's a current issue then this shouldn't be closed IMO.

[isidorn]

Sure, we can reopen and put to backlog to keep track

[lukewhitehouse]

@isidorn Very much appreciated, thanks!

[bpasero]

/duplicate of #1614

[vscodebot]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for existing issues here. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!