how to mount sparsebundle?

ctc1 wrote:
Can someone please explain how to mount a sparsebundle?

by double-clicking on it in finder.

When I click on the file in finder I get an error "operation not supported on socket."

that means that either the bundle is corrupt or possibly you don't have correct permissions to it. what are the permissions on the bundle?

Here is what happened: I had a user account with Firevault enabled. I deleted this account and chose the option to save the account as a disk image. The file was created not as a .dmg but as a sparsebundle. But now I can't access the files within the sparsebundle, because I can't get it to mount.

Thanks.

As a test, I created another user account without Firevault being activated, then deleted the account. The deleted user account was created as a .dmg and I could mount it with no problem.
ctc1 wrote:
I changed the permissions so that my user account had read/write access.

that's not enough. a sparse bundle is a folder and you have to apply the permissions recursively.

enter the following in terminal (copy and paste please)

sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn`

DO NOTR press enter yet. press space. drag the sparse bundle to the terminal window. the result will look like this

sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn` /Users/Deleted\ Users/username.sparsebundle


here username should be the name of the sparsebundle.
press enter in terminal. you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see). that's normal. then enter the following terminal command

chmod -R a r,X /Users/Deleted\ Users/username.sparsebundle
again, the username will be the name of teh sprse bundle. when all is done try mounting the bundle again.

Do I need to do something special with the permissions as a result of this user account being created with firevault active?

As a test, I created another user account without Firevault being activated, then deleted the account. The deleted user account was created as a .dmg and I could mount it with no problem.

You need to include the sudo part.

ctc1 wrote:
Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately I'm still stuck. The first part worked:

enter the following in terminal (copy and paste please)

sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn`

DO NOTR press enter yet. press space. drag the sparse bundle to the terminal window. the result will look like this

sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn` /Users/Deleted\ Users/username.sparsebundle

The second command didn't work. it returned the following: chmod: /Users/Deleted Users/test.sparsebundle: Operation not permitted
chmod: /Users/Deleted Users/test.sparsebundle/bands: Permission denied
chmod: /Users/Deleted Users/test.sparsebundle/Info.bckup: Permission denied
chmod: /Users/Deleted Users/test.sparsebundle/Info.plist: Permission denied
chmod: /Users/Deleted Users/test.sparsebundle/token: Permission denied
chmod: /Users/Deleted Users/test.sparsebundle: Permission denied

that would indicate that the first command didn't succeed. if it did the second command would have worked too. did the first command give any feedback? is your admin password by any chance blank?

here username should be the name of the sparsebundle.
press enter in terminal. you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see). that's normal. then enter the following terminal command

chmod -R a r,X /Users/Deleted\ Users/username.sparsebundle
again, the username will be the name of teh sprse bundle. when all is done try mounting the bundle again.

as i said in my previous post it would seem that the first terminal command didn't work. run this

ls -ladeO /Users/Deleted\ Users/username.sparsebundle

what do you get?

those permissions are wrong. please rerun the first terminal command I gave you. also, is Chris your current username?

there is a space missing in the command. it should be

sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn` /Users/Deleted\ Users/test1.sparsebundle

you are welcome!