you do not have sufficient access privileges

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you do not have sufficient access privileges

I have a RAID set up on my MacPro which is used as a time machine back you. The main hard drive failed and I have replaced it with a new drive. I ahve restored from the time machine file but I can not access the RAID drive. There is a padlock next to it on the secktop and when I get info I see that the names and admin are all set to Custom. When I try to change these to read/write they go back to custom. I have done a lot of looking up and have tried to change the ACLs using chmod and chown but only get back that operation is not permissable.

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Stephen

Posted on Apr 1, 2014 6:16 AM

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Answer 1

Drew Reece

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Apr 2, 2014 3:41 PM in response to stephenfromdagenaham

Is the RAID healthy?

Disk Utility should tell you if one disk is failing or if the RAID array needs rebuilding.

I guess it's possible that the disk is mounted read only if the RAID is damaged. Select the volume in Disk Utilty's sidebar & get info on it. It should say if it is writable or damaged.

Time Machine will try to prevent you from editing it's content's manually, so the ACL's are very restrictive. Frankly you want to avoid editing them at all costs. I think you need to disable backups & then disable ACL's on the entire volume.

Have you simply tried using the Time Machine interface to browse & restore files? If that works you would be wise to avoid editing permissions on the backup - I have only ever seen bad things come of this.

You can also delete all backups under particular directories if you are trying to manually trim down the backup size, use the 'gear' button or right click to 'delete all backups of xxx' when in the Time Machine interface.

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Answer 2

Apr 2, 2014 7:04 PM in response to stephenfromdagenaham

When you Get Info on the drive, do you see a "locked" checkbox (not in the permissions area, but somewhere higher up), and if so, can you uncheck it? Does it stay unchecked?

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