Yup, that's definitely the next-generation consumer OS, all right. Sigh.
> Well, another approach to the privilege problem is to change the ownership
> of the folders and files so that you are the owner of the files. I have
> noticed that in many cases the default ownership if files and folders is the
> system, not the user. You will need to use the Unix chown command from the
> terminal application to do this, and unless you really know what you are
> doing, you should only do this to documents and folders containing
> documents. Be warned, however, that if you do this incorrectly you can make
> your OS X system unbootable.
>
> You will need to know how to use the Unix commands cd, ls, and chown. If you
> do not know these commands, STOP. You will only get yourself into serious
> trouble.
>
> In summary, the steps are:
>
> 1. Determine the owner and group names assigned to you. Generally, your
> owner name is the short name you gave when you installed OS X the first
> time, and the group name is "staff." Probably the easiest way to cd to your
> Unix home directory and do an ls -l, which should show the owner and group
> names assigned to you.
>
> 2. Set the working directory to the directory containing the folders you
> want to change, and type sudo chown -R owner:group foldername. Where owner
> is the owner name you want, group is the group name, and foldername is the
> name of the folder whose ownership you want to change. The -R will cause all
> contained files and folders to have the ownership changed. When you press
> return, you will be prompted for the administrator (root) password. Remember
> if the folder name contains spaces, you will need to enclose the foldername
> in double quotes.
>
> on 01.8.24 8:11 AM, Roger Turpin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I did this on both partitions as well as on my firewire HD, and for example
>> if I try to copy either partition to the firewire HD for back-up or whatever
>> I am told "I don't have sufficient write privileges" although I have
>> selected ignore on ALL volumes. Of course I have no problem at all in OS 9,
>> just drag and drop.
>> Can anyone can tell me how to fix this once and for all? Other wise I have
>> no choice but to abandon OS X.
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