I'll try this out. thanks for this. I'm not well versed ib the terminal but I"m slowly learning.
gain thanks for this On Feb 25, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Sarah and Jim, > > I found a discussion in the Apple Support forums that talks about this > permissions problem under Lion, and steps that people have taken to solve it. > The described symptoms sound familiar -- for example, preferences not being > saved. The solution involves using Terminal to type in a command that sets > permissions for your home folder so that you have read and write access, but > so that everyone else has only read access. Since I'm newly using Lion, and > not having this permissions problem, I'm not able to try this out. > > Here are the instructions. (I'm pasting in the version "for less experienced > users"): > <begin quote> > For less experienced terminal users, these are more explicit instructions to > follow cgDesign's method from page 1: > > Step 0: > Be sure to complete ALL steps > > Step 1: > Open the application Terminal.app (Utilities folder inside of your > applications folder) > > Step 2: > when the prompt comes up, on the line that ends in "$", paste in (exactly) > > chmod -R -N ~ > > and hit the enter key on your keyboard, and wait a couple of minutes for > this to complete. You may see several messages regarding invalid arguments - > these are OK. > > Step 3: > When the prompt ending in "$" returns, paste in (exactly) > > chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~/ ~/Desktop ~/Documents > ~/Downloads ~/Library ~/Movies ~/Music ~/Pictures ~/Public > > When the prompt ending in "$" returns, you have completed all steps. You can > quit Terminal.app. > <end quote> > > There is some debate about whether using the first command is necessary. The > second command with the "everyone deny delete" argument is what fixes the > permissions issue. Both use the "chmod" command -- spelled "c h m o d" -- > which changes the file mode access bits (permissions), and/or modifies access > control lists associated with these files. Unix is case sensitive, and > inserting spaces between keys to commands -- like the hyphen and capital > letter R, or the hyphen and capital letter N in the first command -- alters > the meaning of the command. Instead of applying the command recursively to > subfolders, which is what the "-R" key indicates, typing the "R" with a space > before it would turn it into an argument -- a (non-existent) folder with the > name "R" in the present directory. The tilde symbol is preceded by a space, > because this is the argument to the command, and is the shorthand way of > indicating the current user's home directory. > > All Terminal commands are entered by pressing the "return" key after you've > typed the line. > > So, Sarah, open a Terminal session in Finder: > 1. Command-Shift-U to go to "Utilities", press "t" to go to Terminal, and > Command-Down arrow to launch Terminal > 2. In the Terminal window, type or paste in: > chmod -R -N ~ > then press return. (That's the chmod command, followed by a space, followed > by hyphen capital R, followed by a space, followed by hyphen capital N, > followed by a space, followed by the tilde symbol.) > 3. Wait a few minutes for this to complete, and ignore error messages. > 4. Type or paste in: > chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~/ ~/Desktop ~/Documents ~/Downloads > ~/Library ~/Movies ~/Music ~/Pictures ~/Public > > then press return. (That's the chmod command, followed by a space, filed by a > plus sign and small letter a, followed by the three words in quotes, > "everyone deny delete", followed by a space, followed by a list of folders in > your home directory, all separated by spaces. These arguments all begin with > a tilde symbol followed by a slash, which indicates your top level home > directory. So in addition to tilde slash by itself as the first argument, > you'll be typing tilde slash before all the default folders that should > appear in your home directory: Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Library, > Movies, Music, Pictures, and Public. The names of all these folders begin > with a capital letter. The command is a single line. > > 5.Wait a while for the last command to be executed, then quite your Terminal > app with Command-q. > > Sarah, this should fix your not being able to write to the Documents folder > on your home directory. For some reason, your permissions access was being > superseded, so that either the system or some other application could change > the permissions to those folders, locking you out. Either the system access > control lists or default permissions were not set correctly, so repairing > permissions didn't fix this. This would also explain why preferences weren't > being saved, since you wouldn't be able to write to the files in your > account's Library folder. > > Probably one person should try this out to see whether this works. I'll give > the URL of the Apple Support Forum thread that discusses this. It's titled > "Lion Permissions Problem": > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3202084?start=0&tstart=0 > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Actually I want to know the same thing. I was afraid to ask so thanks for >> doing this. I have this every time I move or copy a folder. >> >> thanks all for any ideas. >> On Feb 25, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks: >>> >>> I must have done something somewhere because every time I copy a file, I >>> need to authenticate myself. >>> >>> How do I overcome this issue gang? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> The triune God created human kind to participate, through the Holy Spirit, >>> in the incarnate Son's communion with the Father. >>> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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