Changing permissions
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From: Peter Ceresole on 18 Jul 2010 06:30 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Get Info on it again and see if the 'Locked' box (bottm entry in the > 'General' section) has a tick in it. If it does, remove it. Nope. I tried the usual trick- made it locked, then unticked it. No change. The thing I don't understand (I never did understand permissions anyway) is that for peter ceresole, it's read and write. For 'everyone' it's the same. But for 'staff', it's read only. And I can't change that. -- Peter
From: Jim on 18 Jul 2010 06:52 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Get Info on it again and see if the 'Locked' box (bottm entry in the > > 'General' section) has a tick in it. If it does, remove it. > > Nope. > > I tried the usual trick- made it locked, then unticked it. No change. Damn it. Felt sure that was going to be it. > The thing I don't understand (I never did understand permissions anyway) > is that for peter ceresole, it's read and write. For 'everyone' it's the > same. But for 'staff', it's read only. And I can't change that. Have you tried any of the utils suggested? Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Peter Ceresole on 18 Jul 2010 07:07 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Have you tried any of the utils suggested? Next step... -- Peter
From: Jim on 18 Jul 2010 07:21 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Have you tried any of the utils suggested? > > Next step... Also try this: Open up Terminal.app (should be in Applications/Utilities) In the window type: ls -l press space and then drag your file into the window. You should then get the path to the file. Press enter. Tell us what it says. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jon on 18 Jul 2010 07:24
On 18/07/2010 12:07pm, Peter Ceresole wrote: > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Have you tried any of the utils suggested? > > Next step... Open terminal.app and type... sudo chmod 777 <then drag file icon to terminal window to get path> enter user password that should make *everyone* able to read and write the file! see man or info chmod for more details |