Lion asking for password to delete trash or overwrite files

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Lion asking for password to delete trash or overwrite files

I just upgraded to Lion and am finding problems that didn't exist before! I am a 3d animator and artist. Everytime I want to delete the trash it asks for a password. When I try to over write a file from after effects it gives an error and can't over write the file. This is due to the above problem. The same is true for rendering over another movie file. Pro Tools doesn't work. Things seem to work faster but rendering seems to have slowed down.

When updating the OS give an option to ask for the password for deleting trash...don't just have it on all the time:)

I should have waited.....eeeer....******.

Slade

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 12:28 PM

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Answer 1

guyver 0

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Jul 22, 2011 12:24 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

My mac started doing this early today out of the blue :-/

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Answer 2

nerian

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Jul 22, 2011 4:26 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

I have the same problem.

I have not solved it yet but I am documenting all the things I've tried here:

http://superuser.com/questions/313845/why-does-os-x-lion-ask-for-my-password-whe never-i-delete-a-file-in-my-home-direct

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Answer 3

Jul 22, 2011 9:45 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

The only workaround I've been able to create so far is right-clicking on the desktop, choosing "get info" and then making sure read/write permissions are selected. Lion was not doing this to me earlier in the day, and then just about an hour ago, it started asking for a password for every single desktop action involving creation or deletion. That in itself kind of scares me...

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guyver 0

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Jul 23, 2011 7:31 AM in response to Lightwavemunk

Two things i have noticed.

Dragging from my downloads folder in the dock NOTHING happens.

Deleting from itunes works fine. no password.

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Lexiepex

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Jul 23, 2011 7:46 AM in response to Lightwavemunk

Even when you QUIT the relevant application first?

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guyver 0

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Jul 23, 2011 7:52 AM in response to Lexiepex

yeah. its a file that isn't in use and the program you would use it with isn't open. also for people asking permissions are fine.

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Answer 7

Jul 23, 2011 7:56 AM in response to Lightwavemunk

It seems to be doing it to older files, that were saved prior to the Lion update. If I save a file, say after effects, as version 2, then it doesn't have a problem over writing. I def can see a speed increase in my apps but you would think that the minds at apple would have debugged some of these common issues prior to release. I love my mac but I guess I got excited and upgraded too soon. Next time I will wait until at least the first update it out.

I added an admin to the main HD in the info and will test and see if that helps with my older file overwrites.

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iVmichael

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Aug 2, 2011 4:34 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

It seems there's a bug in Trash, either the .Trash ownership has been changed to root or as in my case there's no ~/.Trash folder at all. Here's two things you can try.

Run Utilities/Terminal and use the command

sudo chown your_user_name ~/.Trash

(enter admin password)

If that says "No such file or folder" then use

mkdir ~/.Trash

sudo chown your_user_name ~/.Trash

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mgturner

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Aug 5, 2011 2:23 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

same problem. mine seem to start after i purchased adobe elements 9 from the app store the other day. i can repair permissions to fix the probelm but as soon as i open elements it starts again - need password to put a file in the trash.

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ckujau

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Aug 7, 2011 1:30 AM in response to iVmichael

Same (similar?) problem here: Finder asks for a password when I try to move any file in my $HOME to the Trash. Turns out that I had some weird ACLs set, dunno where this came from:

$ ls -le .DS_Store

-rw-------+ 1 bob staff 24580 Aug 7 01:04 .DS_Store

0: group:everyone deny delete

$ chmod -a "group:everyone deny delete" .DS_Store

After the chmod, deleting foo.txt succeeded. Running with -R on $HOME will remove this ACL from all objects in $HOME.

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Answer 11

Aug 8, 2011 10:01 AM in response to Lightwavemunk

I have exactly the same problem. I reinstalled Lion performing a clean install but noticed that I accidently added a capital I in my username. I have renamed my account but still the same issue.

I have reset all the permisions and pushed those permissions down and checked all permissions in disk Util. But still no joy!!

It is becoming very annoying!

I have tried the chown command as above but still no joy....:(

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Answer 12

Aug 9, 2011 1:41 PM in response to simontaylorjones

I have completed a fresh install of Lion and if i create files now all is OK no issues deleting etc. However, if i access a backup file i have exactly the issues as before!!

Is there a way for FORCE and REPLACE permissions on the backuped files??

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Lexiepex

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Aug 9, 2011 2:11 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

perhaps Trashit helps?!

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8214/trash-it!

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Answer 14

Aug 9, 2011 3:19 PM in response to Lightwavemunk

I have reapplied permissions to the external drive before copying accorss and all seems fine.

I have had to perform a manual back up and restore and started a new Time Machine Backup.

So far so good

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iVmichael

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Aug 9, 2011 3:45 PM in response to ckujau

Something buggy for sure, mine worked for a few days and then at the next reboot my ~/.Trash vanished again and I was back to square one. Repeated the steps in my post above and all's working again ...

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