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How do I unlock the system admin user and leave it unlocked? I just installed AutoCad and cannot run it because it says "The directory may be locked by another process or have been set Read Only."

How do I unlock the system admin user and leave it unlocked? I just installed AutoCad and cannot run it because it says "The directory may be locked by another process or have been set Read Only." When I go to that admin user, I have to enter a password to create a folder in that user. When I try to unlock it in preferences, it does not stay unlocked after I close out of preferences.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 22, 2012 9:25 AM

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Aug 22, 2012 11:03 PM in response to BDAqua

I did install it in the admin account. Actually the computer has four accounts, one for my husband, where I installed it. One for me which also is set to admin, one is called TEST and has nothing in it and one is guest user.


I don't know how AutoCad is interfacing with the account. That is why I am not sure what to do about it. I read other threads in various places and some seemed to point to something having to do with having multiple users. The solutions were not clear. I was hoping someone else had this problem and could tell me what to do. I tried apple support but no help. I have not tried AutoCad yet as I assumed they wont help since this is a free educational version of their product.

How do I unlock the system admin user and leave it unlocked? I just installed AutoCad and cannot run it because it says "The directory may be locked by another process or have been set Read Only."

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