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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
