On Oct 22, 2008, at 6:25 PM, insightinmind wrote:

>
> I've retained my Apps and Docs partitions from previous
> installations, and have done a direct Mac OS X Install of Tiger onto
> an erased partition that use to contain Panther, and a Migration, and
> the end result is all my partitions show up as
>
> You can: Read & Write
>
> Owner: System
> Access: Read & Write
>
> Group: admin
> Access: Read & Write
>
> Others: Read Only
>
> I don't think this is correct for a single account owner to begin
> operations as usual.

This is correct, don't screw this up, you will cause all SORTS of  
hassles. System IS the owner of the root directory, and if you are an  
admin user, you can read and write at the root partition. Lower down  
into the System folder the rights are considerably more restricted.


-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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