Ownership & Permissions - System Drive

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Ownership & Permissions - System Drive

Hi Gang

You'd think I should know all this by now. Working with 10.4.11, on several occasions, have altered permission settings.

No one here but me. After a new format, have tried to change all settings to write & read for everyone: Read & Write - Access, Owner: myself, Access: Read & Write, Group: Myself, Access: Read & Write, Others: Read & Write. When I try to apply these settings to all, sometimes I get error messages -error 36? And it appears other problems developed when trying to secure empty trash;"The operation cannot be completed because the file is locked."

Have approached the problem with different strategy:

Another new format, always erase disk, Mac OS X Journaled, then I just install the OS, and leave the Ownership & Permissions alone. Don't mess with it. It seems to help. Obviously, I don't completely understand the ramifications involved when screwing with these settings.

Thanx

Mike

Posted on Dec 1, 2012 7:53 AM

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BDAqua

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Dec 1, 2012 10:33 AM in response to ENIGMACODE

Hi Mike,

What folder or level of the drive are you trying to change? The whole drive?

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ENIGMACODE Author

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Dec 1, 2012 11:52 AM in response to BDAqua

Hi BD

I think I ran into trouble with error - 36, and 'cannot delete trash', when I screwed with the whole drive, attempting to make it available to anyone.

http://www.locationstudio.net/syst-1.jpg < Screen Shot

http://www.locationstudio.net/syst-2.jpg < Screen Shot

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1564

http://www.lancelhoff.com/cant-empty-trash-on-a-mac/

I'm leaving things alone for now. Seems to be behaving ....

Thanx

Mike

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BDAqua

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Dec 1, 2012 9:09 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

OK, let us know if the problem crops up again! 🙂

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ENIGMACODE Author

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Dec 2, 2012 1:41 AM in response to BDAqua

Hi BD

Do you have any thoughts about my last post?

Was I trying to do something that would create problems?

Did you see the screen shots?

Thanx

Mike

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BDAqua

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Dec 2, 2012 2:35 AM in response to ENIGMACODE

I looked at the screnshots, but not enough info.

No idea why, if these were external Disks why Ignore Permissions on this Volume doesnt showas an option in 10.4.11???

Are things still OK or not?

Do you still get -36 or have trash problems?

Hopefully on that last link you ignored the MacKeeper ad... worst thing since real Malware was invented!

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ENIGMACODE Author

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Dec 2, 2012 2:46 AM in response to BDAqua

Hi BD

"No idea why, if these were external Disks why Ignore Permissions on this Volume doesnt showas an option in 10.4.11???"

Was wondering that too?

So then, (if that option was available), it's preferable - yes?

System drive as well?

Mike

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BDAqua

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Dec 2, 2012 7:24 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

It would be preferable, yes.

Might want to use Sharepoints...

http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/

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ENIGMACODE Author

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Dec 3, 2012 12:31 PM in response to BDAqua

Hey BD

I do see there is an option now to change ownership to 'Ignor'

I'm a bit concerned that changing to Ignor 'Ownership', on one of these Scratch Drives might screw things up? I've got quite a lot of Video on them. It is odd, I just formatted another new 2TB Drive and it came up with Ignor Disk Permisions automatically - wonder how you explain that?

Mike

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BDAqua

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Dec 3, 2012 7:59 PM in response to ENIGMACODE

I can't explain it, nor can I imagine checking that option would/could cause any problems. 🙂

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