Please describe the problem:
When I edit files over sftp i will often open files with file ownership:

user id = 500
group id = apache

as soon as I save the file, the ownership is changed without warning to

uid = 500
gid = 500

not only is this incorrect, it breaks a numberr of php programs i have running on the server.

(this is while logged in to the sftp as user 500 )

Steps to reproduce:
1. open a file over sftp with a different gid and uid
2. save the file.



Actual results:
The file ownership will have been changed witout warning so that the gid is the same as the uid.

Expected results:
the group ownership of the file should be preserved with the original owning group.

Does this happen every time?
yes.

Other information:
I dont know if it helps any, but using winSCP to connect over sftp and edit files on the same server does not have this problem. ( the problem with winSCP is, well, having to use windows :P )