On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 08:02 PM, Richard Brauer wrote: > > Hey Dale, > > Are you sure you were (would have been, I guess) unable to change your > settings from within your own account? > > I haven't had the same problem, but I ask because it seemed it would > have been quite easy for me to do so by using the "Get Info" command > under the File Menu, going to the Owner & Permissions panel, and > altering the folder for my account documents from there. > > Just wondering if you tried that first. I know you've been asking about > this for a while, but I don't recall seeing that precise attempt. That > would have saved you from "root". > > Let us know if that would have worked, > Rich
Hi Rich, nope, i couldn't change the settings even logged into my login, and in my Home. The privileges were all grayed out, so I couldn't modify anything. Going the root route was actually quite easy, though perhaps foolish!! If there are easier, safer ways that others know about that would have fixed the problem, I would like to know what they are (knowing allowed; guessing not allowed!!) At least it worked! thanks, Dale -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
