Admin permissions, custom access, irregular Everyone account
I did repair permissions from disk utility because of another problem (activity monitor crashes, repairing permissions took ages, but to no avail).
Problem:
I cannot delete any file anymore without entering my admin password.
I'm logged in as admin.
The folders have usual privileges, but the files inside all folders have corrupted privileges.
Get info is telling me (as admin) that I would have custom access.
Sharing & Permissions
You have custom access
Name: Privilege
everyone: custom
myadminname (Me): read & write
everyone: read only
You can see two everyone accounts, the first one having custom privileges.
What I've tried
Reboot
unplugging all cables
reboot
Tried repair permissions again, took ages again
Found another thread where the GroupID was switched to "20". This did not help in this case.
Went to the Home folder:
Get info:
Sharing & Permissions
You have custom access
Name Privilege
myadminname (Me): read & write
everyone: read only
As you can see, this folder still has custom access, and there is no additional everyone with custom access.
Tried: apply to enclosed items.
This took ages. Did not fix the problem. Still the same on all files: you have custom access.
I hope someone can tell me what flying-blind-console-unix-magick I have to enter to fix this. Oh, better tell me how to find the console. Or how to type. Since I've upgraded to Leopard, I feel like 25 years younger: a complete idiot sitting in front of an nonresponding computer.
The problem is, I really need my computer for production. Meaning that I am loosing money with every hour I am sitting in front of this nonresponding computer. Please help.
iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5)