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Reset Home Folder Permissions and ACLs to defaults in macOS Sierra?

One trouble shooting tool I have used in the past does not seem to be available in macOS Sierra.

There was a procedure in el captain to reset home folder permissions and ACLs by booting to recovery mode, and running the terminal command, resetpassword. This command pulls up a GUI in Sierra just like el cap but the "reset user permissions and ACLs" option is no longer there.

This article describes the procedure in el capitain

http://appletoolbox.com/2016/07/fix-corrupt-user-accounts-macos/#For_El_Capitan_ andmacOS

Is there another way to reset user permissions and ACLs to default in macOS Sierra?

Mac mini, OS X Server, Mac Mini 2012

Posted on Sep 24, 2016 5:53 AM

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timcherep

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Posted on Jan 23, 2017 9:49 PM

I had the same problem on my Macbook running macOS Sierra version 10.12.2

This is how I fixed it.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7838105?answerId=31300399022#31300399022

I accidentally changed the permissions on a disk so that one or more of the permissions were set to No Access, and I can't see the disk to change the permissions back. How do I fix this?

Follow the step below:

Restart with the Command and S keys held down, and enter the following commands:

mount -uw /
chown root /
chmod 1775 /
exit

After the last command "exit" your system should restart on its own and everything should appear the same as the time before you changed the Home folder permissions.

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Aug 2, 2017 8:19 AM in response to DwayneForde

Thanks Dwayne, very helpful...

Reset Home Folder Permissions and ACLs to defaults in macOS Sierra?