[SOLVED] gedit ...cannot create backup !!!

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:38:23 +0530 Jatin K<ssh.fedora(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all > > suddenly I'm getting this error whenever I try to edit a text file > and click save button > > " Could not create a backup file while saving /path/to/file.txt" > gedit could not backup the old copy of the file before saving the new > one.You can ignore this warning and save the file anyway. > but if an error occurs while saving , you could lose the old copy of > the file. Save anyway ?" > > > yesterday, everything was ok.. and this morning I'm getting this > > whats wrong with gedit ?? can anyone help me ? > > > Regards > > I've seen this error message from gedit when trying to save on network filesystems where the uids are not mapped. When using sshfs, the following option can help: -o idmap=user