David W. Fenton / 2005/07/27 / 01:30 PM wrote: >I don't quite understand the fear of changing permissions. In my >experience with OS's with file systems that allow the control of file >access, it's something that *ought* to be something the user has full >control over. Being able to set permissions is a *feature*, a >benefit, not something to be feared!
Interesting hearing this from you :-) As Unix has been, it is a multi user OS, and user doesn't own the system. System does. Unless you know Unix well enough to deal with system itself, their files are protected, or OS might never boot again when you change low level file permission to the user from system whey user thought s/he owns the file. OSX even disables root account by default, while 'sudo' functions enough so root isn't that necessary. Apple must have thought about non-Unix user messing with permission by logged as root, and I think they were very right. Anyway, DiskUtil Repair Permission only works to certain level, and is not for fixing user error. Once permission bit is screwed, you need to use CUI to remedy the problem, or simply reinstall OSX. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
