Q: new format doesn't have user in permission
Running El Capitan 10.11.6 on 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 (Yes, it's possible)
2x 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
16GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
System drive is a SSD
Graphics card (if you really want it for some reason): ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB
As well as my 2008 MacBook. Running El Capitan 10.11.6, wiped, and zeroed hard drive, 2 nights ago, fresh install:
13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1067 MHz DDR3
System drive is also a SSD
Graphics (again, if you want it): NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Whenever I format or partition a drive, the new "Sharing & Permissions" doesn't list me (the administrator and ONLY user on the machine) at all.
It has:
system : Read & Write
admin : Read & Write
everyone : Read only
If I want to have full access to the drive/partition (considering I have 6 physical drives, and 12 partitions spread at different sizes amongst different drives), I have to unlock the drive in "Get Info", then go down to "Sharing & Permissions", unlock the panel, then add myself.
Now, not only do I have to add myself, when I do so, it adds me as a read only user. I ALSO have to change my permissions to read & write, and then make myself the owner, and then apply to the enclosed items.
No, this isn't some terribly vital issue, but it's driving me nuts. I was making a disk image of an external HDD that I use for time machine, so that I can reformat the partition structure on it, and then move data back on as I chose... The disk is a 1TB disk. It was about 75% full. When the disk image was completing (after a good number of hours, it failed, because I hadn't updated the permissions on the partition I was backing up to.
Does anyone know how to prevent the default from NOT including your user in the permissions when creating a new partition or formatting a new disk?
OR, to reword it: does anyone know how to INCLUDE your user in the permissions when creating a new partition or formatting a new disk?
OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), Permissions issues.
Posted on Sep 12, 2016 9:56 PM