It appears that macOS 13.3 update, unlike previous macOS updates, does _not_ 
restore these permissions, including ACLs, to defaults!

And from a bit of searching online I understand what is meant by canonical 
order of ACLs. But how does one fix the order when the "not... in canonical 
order" appears?


> On Mar 27, 2023, at 4:26 PM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> With my mysql data in the non-default location ~/Databases/mysql, each time 
> that macOS is updated, permissions seem to get set back to their defaults for 
> various user folders, so that I need to fix them with:
> 
>       chmod +a "_mysql allow search" /Volumes/MacHd/Users/me
>       chmod +a "_mysql allow search" /Volumes/MacHd/Users/me/Databases
>       chmod +a "_mysql allow search" /Volumes/MacHd/Users/me/Databases/mysql
> 
> After just updating to macOS Ventura 13.3, however, when I try the first of 
> those chmod's, I get mysterious error message:
> 
> chmod: The specified file '/Volumes/MacHD/Users/me' does not 
>    have an ACL in canonical order, please specify a position with +a# 
> 
> What does this mean and what should I do to correct this?
> 
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> 
> 

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Mobile (413)-427-5334
503 King Farm Blvd #101         
Rockville, MD 20850-6667        



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