*** /tmp/redmine-2.2.3/app/models/issue.rb	2013-02-12 13:54:16.000000000 -0600
--- /usr/share/redmine/app/models/issue.rb	2013-02-14 10:19:33.334398502 -0600
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*** 376,381 ****
--- 376,384 ----
      :if => lambda {|issue, user| (issue.new_record? || user.allowed_to?(:edit_issues, issue.project)) &&
        user.allowed_to?(:manage_subtasks, issue.project)}
  
+ 	safe_attributes 'author_id',
+ 	 :if => lambda {|issue, user| issue.new_record? || user.allowed_to?(:admin, issue.project)}
+ 
    def safe_attribute_names(user=nil)
      names = super
      names -= disabled_core_fields