Files copied from UDF data dvd are Read-only

I have a bunch on data DVDs burnt on a pc using Roxio Easy Media Creator 7. These disks are UDF format and can be read perfectly on pc or mac. The problem is : if I copy a file to my desktop, it becomes owned by me but r-xr-xr-x. It's not a problem for me personally but other users I support have a hard time figuring what's wrong when they can't rename the file they just copied.

Is it normal behavior or am I the only one with this problem ? I was supprised not to find anything in apple forum about this.

The work around is to change permissions to read-write in the getinfo window + apply to included elements + password or use chmod but it's not how I'd expect it to work. And I don't know how to modify the default permissions given to files from an UDF dvd. Copies of files from iso9660 disks are read-write.


3 PM G5s and 2 G4s Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 26, 2007 2:55 PM

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Files copied from UDF data dvd are Read-only

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