MAC OS Error code -5000

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MAC OS Error code -5000

I cannot save and edit files using text wrangler, text edit, or anything. I cannot rename files either. Even though I am the owner of the directory and all of the files in it.

This was a rails app that I copied from an old bad harddrive that was removed from anotehr system. I copied it directly into my home folder. The permissions read as follows.

Clifford-Rossons-MacBook-Pro:Rails cliffordrosson$ ls -l

total 0

drwxrwxrw-+ 24 cliffordrosson staff 816 May 17 17:39 quoteu

I have tried everything from changing ownership to a temp user and moving it back to doing all sorts of chmod -R changes. I am admitedly somewhat new to Mac and OSX and rails. This seems like an insanely simple problem. What can I do to fix this? The full error code is as follows.

You do not have sufficient privileges to perform this operation (MacOS Error code: -5000)

Thanks everyone.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), permissions

Posted on May 18, 2011 9:04 PM

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Linc Davis

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May 19, 2011 5:53 AM in response to crosson

Open a Finder window and select the icon of your home folder in the sidebar. Open the Info window. In the Sharing & Permissions section, you should have read & write access. I suggest you delete all other entries. Click the lock icon and authenticate, then from the action menu (with the gear icon) select "Apply to enclosed items." Close the Info window and try again.

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crosson Author

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May 19, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Linc Davis

Linc, You are the man. I don't know why changing the direct folder permissions didn't work but this did. Thanks sooo much!

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May 23, 2011 1:26 PM in response to Linc Davis

I have a file located in applications>xampp>phpmyadmin do I have to change the read write permissions on the xampp folder or the folder I am trying to change (config.inc.php) ? I am new to this so I hope this doesn't sound dumb. I have tried it both ways but it has not made a difference I am getting the same 5000 error.

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May 23, 2011 3:12 PM in response to slightly_bent_halo

I went to Bare Bones and downloaded it from there and replaced the one I downloaded the first time and it worked.

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