On Aug 10, 2007, at 3:28 PM, hank smith wrote:
will give that a shot
thanks
Hank
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Reeves"
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Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: changing file permissions on back up folder need help
urgent
.... think you need to run disk utility and repair permissions on
the external. I haven't tried this, but the problem is not with
your original folder. it may be with the write permissions of
your external. Hope this helps.
Unfortunately, Repairing Permissions deals very specifically with
installed OS and installed apps. Within Disk Utility you will
discover that you can only Repair Disk Permissions on the active boot
disk. And what that does is check the Receipts folder for files
listing the permissions, it is doing a comparison, and fixing back to
default when necessary.
You may want to see if these things help:
1) Do a get info on any external drive and you should find a check
mark for "Ignore ownership on this volume". You will find it at the
very bottom.
2) If this does not start to alleviate your issue (it may improve
your future, but not your past), then I often use a utility called
BatchMod and it changes permissions mighty fast and effectively. (I
have tested batchmod for VO. It should be ok, I noticed some places
that you may not get feedback, but does work. If you need I can test
and build instructions. I am sighted.)
Remember to test on files and folders that are backed up so that you
can recover yourself if things go bad!
batchmod:
http://www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/
Caution, I have not followed this thread closely. You may write to me
off list, (warning I take no liability for any circumstance).
Woody
