OS X (Apple)

this could be a dumb question. i am still becoming used to usr / group permissions.
permissions to place a file into XAMPP/htdocs.
the problem is
that when i go to place a TextMate file into XAMPP/htdocs
a window comes up and states:
Type your password to allow TextMate to make changes.

What sticks out here is the words" to allow TextMate to make changes ".

i could do a screen shot of the window, it has a image icon of textmate and a lock icon together.
i see that TextMate is isolated in a usr and staff group.
Is the status of TextMate`s owner and group , that is causing the prompt for permissions. while XAMPP is owned by root and group admin.
Thank you

Code:

$ ls -la /Applications
drwxr-xr-x   3 moonspoon  staff    102 Mar 14  2011 TextMate.app
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$ ls -la /Applications
drwxr-xr-x@  8 root       admin    272 Feb 27  2010 XAMPP
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$ ls -la /Applications/XAMPP/
total 32
lrwxr-xr-x   1 moonspoon  admin    17 Feb 27  2010 htdocs -> xamppfiles/htdocs
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$ ls -la /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles
drwxr-xr-x@   9 root    admin    306 Oct 30 13:15 htdocs

/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs is a symbolic link to /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs. The directory, ../xamppfiles/htdocs, can only be written to by root. So, you need to authenticate in order to write to that directory. There's no issue with TextMate's permissions.

Thank you xbin
i have been looking at the idea of changing the group permissions for /xamppfiles/htdocs.
it has taken me a few days of looking at this. i work a grave yard shift and am a bit slow at this time in life.
thanks again.