On Aug 2, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Justin Walker wrote: > I don't think the "@" decorator prevents any access by itself. The "@" > decorator in 'ls' output is explained in the man page (the 'file' has > extended attributes). To see what attributes are present, use the 'xattr' > command (use "xattr -h" to see what the command does).
Thanks to all who helped me with this issue. I agree the attributes are not affecting access. However there were a number of ACLs that do affect access. My problem began when the internal disk on my iMac i7 failed (SMART failure of some sort). For reasons I won't go into, I had to very quickly get this replaced. I did not make fresh images with CCC but assumed I could use the Time Machine disk for restore. The procedure to move Time Machine disk data to a new disk didn't work, so I used CCC to clone the User partition from the Time Machine disk; this was a very bad idea; CCC doesn't live well with Time Machine. I used the brute force (Install DVD restore) to successfully restore the system, but I keep my User files on a separate partition and the Install DVD restore can't work with those. For some reason, the cloned Time Machine files on the User partition were not recognizing the file owner (me) even though the name and UID were the same for the newly installed system and the prior system. Several user Library directories employ "group:everyone deny ..." ACL, and the lack of owner recognition blocked me from deleting, etc. I was looking for a "wholesale" way to clean this up but it may not possible. (I later discovered that the original Time Machine disk had non-repairable directory problems; that may have been the real cause of the ownership recognition problem.)_______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
