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I am on Yosemite - when I share files they come across as locked some people can't access my share folder - how can I fix this - I have done the normal things (sharing is turned on) Any help would be appreciated

mac pro / xserve, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2 computers

Posted on Sep 24, 2015 1:58 PM

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Sep 24, 2015 4:38 PM in response to driall

Usual trigger here involves file or directory protections that are blocking the requested access.


There can be differences based on how the files are shared, too — AFP, SMB and NFS services have some details that differ....


You can Get Info these settings via the GUI, or you can launch Terminal.app from Applications > Utilities, and navigate to the files directly.


From the command line in Terminal.app, issue the following command for the files:


ls -ale@ /path/to/shared/file


for the directories


ls -aled@ /path/to/directory/

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