diff --git a/ckan/controllers/storage.py b/ckan/controllers/storage.py
index 3998319eda6..05c2140a5e6 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/storage.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/storage.py
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ def file(self, label):
             # handle erroneous trailing slash by redirecting to url w/o slash
             if label.endswith('/'):
                 label = label[:-1]
+                # This may be best being cached_url until we have moved it into
+                # permanent storage
                 file_url = h.url_for( 'storage_file', label=label )
                 h.redirect_to(file_url)
             else:
diff --git a/ckan/logic/auth/update.py b/ckan/logic/auth/update.py
index ac5f01197cd..b2b15fc6831 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/auth/update.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/auth/update.py
@@ -152,16 +152,6 @@ def task_status_update(context, data_dict):
 
     if 'ignore_auth' in context and context['ignore_auth']:
         return {'success': True}
-
-    try:
-        resource = get_resource_object(context, data_dict)
-    except:
-        id = data_dict.get('entity_id',None)
-        resource = model.Resource.get(id)
-        
-    if resource and resource.revision:
-        if resource.revision.author == user:
-            return {'success': True}        
     
     authorized =  Authorizer().is_sysadmin(unicode(user))
     if not authorized: