Shared File Permissions Problem

Since upgrading the Mavericks I constantly have file permissions problems when I tranfer files between computer. Let me see if I can clarify the problem procedurally.


1. I have a shared directory that I set to Read&Write privileges for Admin, (me), and Everyone.


2. I clicked the cog to apply the changes to all the enclosed items. Perfect... everything contained within the directory was changed.


3. I went to my other Maverics computer and connected to this shared directory using SMB, AFP, connect to server command-k, and using the shared feature on the finder window, which asked me to authenticate when I make the connection. I logged in with the admin account to make sure I absolutely had full privileges.


4. I transferred a file to the shared directory and it ended up with the privileges of only (me) RW and Everyone as No Access. It dropped every other set of privileges that were in the directory and set Everyone to No Access, which is a major problem since it serves the files to the web server. I checked the Sharing preferences in the System Preferences. Sure enough all groups are set to Read and Write.


The shared directory in Terminal says the privileges are drwxrwxrwx+ so it should retain those privileges for any file I place in that directory, but it doesn't.


This is a new problem to Mavericks. When I used OS 10.7 and 10.8 and chose the get info option to apply the permissions to all enclosed files it stayed that way for any file I inserted into the directory. Now you have to constantly change file permissions even going from Mavericks-to-Mavericks computers.


Does anyone know how to retain the file permissions for a shared directory when new files are placed in the directory?

OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Feb 28, 2014 8:24 PM

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Nov 18, 2015 7:27 AM in response to tduell

I had the exact same problem and I solved it forcing every Mac to connect to the Server through afp.

I've got a Server app running over OS 10.9 and several Macs connected to it, running OS 10.6.8, 10.9 and Maverick.

Now I have to solve another issue. The Macs which always tried to connect through smb are now constantly crashing when connected through afp.

So I'll have either the documents blocked or a stable connection to the Server.

Please let me know if you've found out something new.

Regards,

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