The document could not be saved. You don't have permission.

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The document could not be saved. You don't have permission.

I have 4 users on my iMac & have placed 2 files in the folder located at MACHD>Users>Me>Public>Shared the permissions of this folder are set to Read & Write for myself and 1 other user & the Shared Folder box is checked under general. The problem is that every time one of us accesses the file we get an error stating that 'The document “xxfile name” could not be saved. You don’t have permission.' & 'To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.'

I have fought this error for several days now and on occasion get things working but it seems as soon as the user logs out and another back in we have the same problem again. Can anyone advise on what needs to be done so that this file can be accessed by 2 different users on the same system?

Thank you,

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), 27", 3.2GHz Intel Core i5 w/8GB

Posted on Dec 5, 2014 9:57 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Dec 5, 2014 2:10 PM in response to Community User

Copy the files you want to share to a read/write disk image. Make sure the "Ignore ownership" attribute is set in the Info window of the image. You must unmount the image periodically so that it can be backed up.

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Answer 2

Dec 5, 2014 6:30 PM in response to Linc Davis

Interesting thought, I'm not sure I understand though....... If I make a disk image & store the files inside then don't I have to transfer the image back and forth between users? Or do I put that image in the shared folder I'm using and mount/unmount it from there? I can't say as I've used a disk image before but I did some quick reading and it seems like a useful tool that is under utilized.

Thank you for any additional input.

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

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Dec 5, 2014 6:47 PM in response to Community User

If I make a disk image & store the files inside then don't I have to transfer the image back and forth between users?

No. It will behave like an external disk. Once it's mounted, all users will have access to it. You can put the disk image file anywhere the users will all be able to open it.

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