I edited the user_can_edit_post function in the wp-includes/functions-post.php file in the standard WP 1.5 install to change the lines
if ( ($user_id == $post_author_data->ID)
|| ($author_data->user_level > $post_author_data->user_level)
|| ($author_data->user_level >= 10) ) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
to
if ( ($user_id == $post_author_data->ID)
|| ($author_data->user_level >= $post_author_data->user_level)
|| ($author_data->user_level >= 10) ) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
Notice the >= in the first user level compare.