Wrong file permission on newly created files when logged in with 'Administrative access'

[KKoukiou]

Bug Info

Creating a new file or directory when logged in with a normal user, but having elevated permissions (Administrative access) will create files owned by root:root instead of the current user.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Click on 'New file' or 'New director' icon buttons in the UI and create that
2. See file ownership bring root:root

Expected behavior currentuser:currentuser permissions are expected, even when logged in with 'Administrative access'

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[ahmedr2001]

I think the problem is that when we spawn the touch.py3 process using cockpit.spawn() we pass "superuser": "try", which tries to run the process as root (which I think it succeeds to do since the user has administrative access, not sure). When a user creates a file as root, the owner of the file will be root:root.

[ragavendaran]

As an user, I have experienced this many times in Linux, where I expect my user account to be the owner when creating a file as root, however I got used to root being the owner then changing permissions as required over time,

Some might prefer the ability to modify filesystems with 'superuser', Many will have Administrative access active and still expect the filesystem modifications be done without 'superuser'.

If we use a toggle at the top bar of file manager page to edit files as "superuser" / "regular user", defaulting to "regular user", this enables a quick way to switch to and back from 'administrator mode' just for the file manager page.