In desperate need of permissions help!
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From: Roy N. on 6 Feb 2005 13:06 I seem to be having major permssion problems with OS X 10.1.5. First indication of problems in when I try to mount disk images. I always get the following error: "file name" failed to mount due to error 192. Unknown error: 192" Second indication of problems is in NetInfo. I'm able to Authenticate. But then when I try to Enable Root User I get the following errors: Net Info Error - NetInfo write failed! (Operation succeeded) I click OK then get the message: Alert - You must re-authenticate to make additional changes. Next indication of problems is in Terminal. I've researched countless web pages for help on resolving this problem. Below are some of the commands I've tried with the ensuing reponses from the terminal: [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% su su: setgroups: Operation not permitted Password: Sorry [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% sudo chmod 4775 /Applications/Utilities/NetInfo\ Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/NetInfo\ Manager sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by gid 80, should be 0 [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% sudo chgrp wheel /etc/sudoers sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by gid 80, should be 0 [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% can not write to queue directory /var/spool/clientmqueue/ (RunAsGid=25, required=80): Permission denied [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% chgrp wheel /etc/sudoers chgrp: /etc/sudoers: Operation not permitted [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% chown root /usr/bin/su chown: /usr/bin/su: Operation not permitted [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% sudo password root sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by gid 80, should be 0 [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% can not write to queue directory /var/spool/clientmqueue/ (RunAsGid=25, required=80): Permission denied [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% sudo ./chkUGM sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by gid 80, should be 0 [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% can not write to queue directory /var/spool/clientmqueue/ (RunAsGid=25, required=80): Permission denied [roy\032lastname\213s\032computer:~] roy% ./chkUGM You must run this script as root (or with sudo). I've also tried booting into single-user mode and entered the following command sequence: /sbin/fsck -y /sbin/mount -uw / chown root:wheel /usr/bin/sudo chmod 4111 /usr/bin/sudo chown root:daemon /var/run/sudo chmod 700 /var/run/sudo rm -rf /var/run/sudo/* reboot This did appear to work as expected. But when the computer rebooted, the situation did not change. Any other ideas as to how the heck I can get passed this problem? I need to install a firmware upgrade in order to upgrade the OS. Until I get over this permission problem I'm stuck with 10.1.5. Thanks!!!!
From: Gnarlodious on 6 Feb 2005 16:01 Entity Roy N. spoke thus: > I seem to be having major permssion problems with OS X 10.1.5. > > First indication of problems in when I try to mount disk images. I always > get the following error: > "file name" failed to mount due to error 192. Unknown error: 192" My strategy would be to login as root account and set ownership on all your partitions from the /Volumes/ folder. Looking in the error file I don't find any such error number: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Carb onCore.framework/Versions/A/Headers/MacErrors.h Having said that, it seems likely your hard disk needs replacing. Maybe someone else has more insight or you should run a hardware diagnostics disk. -- Cosmetic Justice; when the Botox gives you Mad Cow Disease -- Gnarlodious
From: Roy N. on 7 Feb 2005 10:13 "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:BE2BD3A9.23FA%gnarlodious(a)yahoo.com... > Entity Roy N. spoke thus: > > > I seem to be having major permssion problems with OS X 10.1.5. > > > > First indication of problems in when I try to mount disk images. I always > > get the following error: > > "file name" failed to mount due to error 192. Unknown error: 192" > My strategy would be to login as root account and set ownership on all your > partitions from the /Volumes/ folder. You are assuming I know mroe about UNIX than I do. All the steps I tried were suggestions made to others on other forums, etc. I don't know enough about UNIX to understand all the commands, and I don't know enough to do things without being given the exact command. So... How do I login as root account? I tried to enable the root account from NetInfo and that just won't work. Is there another way? How do I set ownership on all the partitions? And what do I set them to? > Looking in the error file I don't find any such error number: > /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Carb > onCore.framework/Versions/A/Headers/MacErrors.h > > Having said that, it seems likely your hard disk needs replacing. Maybe > someone else has more insight or you should run a hardware diagnostics disk. Hard drive diagnostic reports that everything is OK. Anyone else got some input as to what is going on and how on earth to fix it? Thanks!
From: Gnarlodious on 7 Feb 2005 10:41 Entity Roy N. spoke thus: >>> I seem to be having major permssion problems with OS X 10.1.5. 10.1 was a real mess, have you considered updating? >> My strategy would be to login as root account > How do I login as root account? I tried to enable the root account from > NetInfo and that just won't work. Is there another way? Why can't you enable root account? Can you describe what goes wrong? Have you considered updating your OS? > How do I set ownership on all the partitions? And what do I set them to? Fire up Terminal and paste these commands: ls -al / Now look for the "Volumes" line and paste that line here. -- Cosmetic Justice; when the Botox gives you Mad Cow Disease -- Gnarlodious
From: Dave Seaman on 7 Feb 2005 10:49
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 07:13:06 -0800, Roy N. wrote: > "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:BE2BD3A9.23FA%gnarlodious(a)yahoo.com... >> Entity Roy N. spoke thus: >> >> > I seem to be having major permssion problems with OS X 10.1.5. >> > >> > First indication of problems in when I try to mount disk images. I > always >> > get the following error: >> > "file name" failed to mount due to error 192. Unknown error: 192" >> My strategy would be to login as root account and set ownership on all > your >> partitions from the /Volumes/ folder. It's been a while since I used 10.1.5, and it's possible I may be suggesting something that didn't exist yet in that version of the system, but I would try using Disk Utility or Disk Copy or whatever exists by a similar name in your /Applications/Utilities folder. You can try various things there such as "mount volume", "repair permissions", and so on. > You are assuming I know mroe about UNIX than I do. All the steps I tried > were suggestions made to others on other forums, etc. I don't know enough > about UNIX to understand all the commands, and I don't know enough to do > things without being given the exact command. So... > How do I login as root account? I tried to enable the root account from > NetInfo and that just won't work. Is there another way? The proper way to get a root shell on the Mac is to use the sudo(1) command, but I suggest you refrain from that unless you are comfortable with the Unix command line, or you have a specific command to run. If <command> represents the command you want to run as root, then you should type sudo <command> on an administrator account and then type your administrator password when asked. If you need to type several commands as root, then you should use sudo -s to get a root shell, and then type a ctrl-D to exit when you no longer need root. > How do I set ownership on all the partitions? And what do I set them to? There should be an option called "ignore ownership on this volume", which is usually the default when you mount a volume for the first time. -- Dave Seaman Judge Yohn's mistakes revealed in Mumia Abu-Jamal ruling. <http://www.commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=228> |