That worked great William, thanks. I was pleasantly surprised by the the Python GUI that is used under Lion, though I may have to learn my way around it.
Thanks again all. Kurt On Sep 12, 2011, at 9:41 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote: > sudo chown -R yourusername /path/to/your/grassdb > > > On Sep 12, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Kurt Springs wrote: > >> How would one go about transferring ownership? >> >> Kurt >> On Sep 11, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Michael Barton wrote: >> >>> It sure looks like permissions are the problem here. The GUI needs to write >>> things to your GIS Database and to temp files. If you are not the owner, >>> there could be problems. >>> >>> Michael >>> ____________________ >>> C. Michael Barton >>> Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity >>> Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change >>> Arizona State University >>> >>> voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-727-9746 (CSDC) >>> fax: 480-965-7671 (SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC) >>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton, http://csdc.asu.edu >>> >>> >>> On Sep 11, 2011, at 2:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:21:05 -0400 >>>> From: Kurt Springs <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [GRASS-user] Problem after Installing OS X 10.7 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" >>>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> >>>> I finally installed OS X 10.7.1. Because I had a corruption with Java I >>>> did a clean install. I?ve been gradually loading things back in. I ran >>>> into trouble when I got to GRASS. I have William Kyngebure?s 6.4.1-5. I >>>> launched it for the first time and got the following in Terminal: >>>> >>>> >>>> ____ >>>> __________ ___ __________ _______________ >>>> / ____/ __ \/ | / ___/ ___/ / ____/ _/ ___/ >>>> / / __/ /_/ / /| | \__ \\_ \ / / __ / / \__ \ >>>> / /_/ / _, _/ ___ |___/ /__/ / / /_/ // / ___/ / >>>> \____/_/ |_/_/ |_/____/____/ \____/___//____/ >>>> >>>> Welcome to GRASS 6.4.1 (2011) >>>> GRASS homepage: http://grass.osgeo.org/ >>>> This version running thru: Bash Shell (/bin/bash) >>>> Help is available with the command: g.manual -i >>>> See the licence terms with: g.version -c >>>> If required, restart the GUI with: g.gui wxpython >>>> When ready to quit enter: exit >>>> >>>> GRASS 6.4.1 (NH-State_Plane):~ > ERROR: MAPSET PERMANENT - permission >>>> denied >>>> ERROR: MAPSET PERMANENT - permission denied >>>> 2011-09-10 18:49:22.524 Python[1232:e0f] CFURLCreateWithString was passed >>>> this invalid URL string: >>>> '/System/Library/CoreServices/CommonCocoaPanels.bundle' (a file system >>>> path instead of an URL string). The URL created will not work with most >>>> file URL functions. CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath or >>>> CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPathRelativeToBase should be used instead. >>>> >>>> GRASS 6.4.1 (NH-State_Plane):~ > exit >>>> exit >>>> /Applications/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/etc/Init.sh: line 899: 1232 >>>> Killed: 9 "$GRASS_PYTHON" "$GISBASE/etc/wxpython/wxgui.py" >>>> >>>> Closing monitors ... >>>> ERROR: MAPSET PERMANENT - permission denied >>>> Closing open gis.m sessions..... >>>> Cleaning up temporary files ... >>>> ERROR: MAPSET PERMANENT - permission denied >>>> Done. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Goodbye from GRASS GIS >>>> >>>> logout >>>> >>>> [Process completed] >>>> '/Applications/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/grass.sh'; exit >>>> Last login: Sat Sep 10 18:48:20 on ttys000 >>>> kurt-springss-mac-pro:~ kurtsprings$ >>>> '/Applications/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/grass.sh'; exit >>>> Rebuilding Addon HTML manual pages index... >>>> Rebuilding Addon menu... >>>> 2011-09-10 19:01:52.382 osascript[1570:707] Error loading >>>> /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe >>>> Unit Types: dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit >>>> Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found. >>>> Did find: >>>> /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe >>>> Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper >>>> osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition >>>> "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable >>>> handlers. >>>> Python 2.6.6 found. >>>> Cleaning up temporary files ... >>>> Starting GRASS ... >>>> ERROR: MAPSET PERMANENT - permission denied >>>> 2011-09-10 19:01:56.428 Python[1602:e0f] CFURLCreateWithString was passed >>>> this invalid URL string: >>>> '/System/Library/CoreServices/CommonCocoaPanels.bundle' (a file system >>>> path instead of an URL string). The URL created will not work with most >>>> file URL functions. CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath or >>>> CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPathRelativeToBase should be used instead. >>>> ____ >>>> >>>> I?ve loaded the frame works. Permissions were an issue as I moved things >>>> From time machine to a User with an (old) tag and ported them to my new >>>> user file. I think that was solved. Everything I?ve checked gives my >>>> new User Read and Write permission. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts. >>>> >>>> Kurt >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grass-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > > ----- > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > > First Pogril: Why is life like sticking your head in a bucket filled with > hyena offal? > Second Pogril: I don't know. Why IS life like sticking your head in a bucket > filled with hyena offal? > First Pogril: I don't know either. Wretched, isn't it? > > -HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy > > _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
