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| DATE | Apr 19, 2008 |
| TICKET | #337084 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Permissions issue - cannot write to HDD |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.5.X (Leopard) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (Intel) |
| MODEL | Mac Pro |
| PROC | Dual Quad Core |
| RAM | 10GB |
| DRIVE | 1.4TB and 300GB |
| NAME | Nick |
| USERNAME | nickinc |
| TECHNICAL | Lots of Experience |
| ISSUE | Stumped |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Permissions issue - cannot write to HDD
nickinc - Apr 19, 2008 - 11:49 am
Help! Please!
History:
I set up a second admin user on a semi-shared edit suite that I use MOST of the time. I wanted to be able to have my own settings under my user. When I did this, I could not write to either of the hard drives (there is the boot drive, and three other internal drives striped into one RAID), so I hit the dreaded apply to enclosed items tab, and voila! I couldn't start the machine. Two frustrating days later I did an achive and install, reinstalled the pro apps, and fixed all my settings, but now we are back to stage 1.
Current Problem:
I cannot write to the RAIDed 1.4 TB of drives. I can read them, and acess files, but I cannot write to them (this is my media drive on the edit suite, so this is seriously impacting productivity!) AND I have a few external drives that are having the same problem.
My permissions in finder say I have read and write access, and I even have (and would like to keep) the 'ignore ownership on this volume' tab checked. All still to no avail. The icons for the drive have a little lock on the lower left corner.
Any thoughts?
History:
I set up a second admin user on a semi-shared edit suite that I use MOST of the time. I wanted to be able to have my own settings under my user. When I did this, I could not write to either of the hard drives (there is the boot drive, and three other internal drives striped into one RAID), so I hit the dreaded apply to enclosed items tab, and voila! I couldn't start the machine. Two frustrating days later I did an achive and install, reinstalled the pro apps, and fixed all my settings, but now we are back to stage 1.
Current Problem:
I cannot write to the RAIDed 1.4 TB of drives. I can read them, and acess files, but I cannot write to them (this is my media drive on the edit suite, so this is seriously impacting productivity!) AND I have a few external drives that are having the same problem.
My permissions in finder say I have read and write access, and I even have (and would like to keep) the 'ignore ownership on this volume' tab checked. All still to no avail. The icons for the drive have a little lock on the lower left corner.
Any thoughts?
Serenak - Apr 21, 2008 - 9:23 pm
Hello Nick
Thanks for coming to macosx.com...
I will try to advise and assist you as best I can
OK - here is how I see it...
You have permissions problems - have you brought this Mac up from Tiger or previous? No I am not joking... I "upgraded" my Macs to Leopard at a great cost.. all my previous "custom" permissions got screwed, some of em stopped working properly and worst case they got transformed into some sort of "custom" ACL (access control list) that stuffed my up totally - (Permissions "repair" won't cure that btw..)
Take a look for folders with the problem of 2x "Everyone" one with custom settings and one with "read only"
If you find that you have 1 real quick option (and use it with extreme prejudice and caution..)
go to terminal and use the command sudo chmod -r -n /
excepting extremis please back up before using it... it means "Super User changes permissions from root directory downwards to default..."
You could try sudo chmod -r -n ~ first if you wish.... or even sudo chmod -r -n /Applications ...
which are less harsh - but if unsure of the Terminal/Command Line consider other options first.
Come back andwe will talk
Thanks for coming to macosx.com...
I will try to advise and assist you as best I can
OK - here is how I see it...
You have permissions problems - have you brought this Mac up from Tiger or previous? No I am not joking... I "upgraded" my Macs to Leopard at a great cost.. all my previous "custom" permissions got screwed, some of em stopped working properly and worst case they got transformed into some sort of "custom" ACL (access control list) that stuffed my up totally - (Permissions "repair" won't cure that btw..)
Take a look for folders with the problem of 2x "Everyone" one with custom settings and one with "read only"
If you find that you have 1 real quick option (and use it with extreme prejudice and caution..)
go to terminal and use the command sudo chmod -r -n /
excepting extremis please back up before using it... it means "Super User changes permissions from root directory downwards to default..."
You could try sudo chmod -r -n ~ first if you wish.... or even sudo chmod -r -n /Applications ...
which are less harsh - but if unsure of the Terminal/Command Line consider other options first.
Come back andwe will talk
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