On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 01:04:00PM -0400, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >On 4/7/23 12:00, Doug Lee wrote: >> At some point in the last few weeks, my ~/Downloads folder became unreadable >> even by root: >> >> Mini 1# ls Downloads >> ls: Downloads: Operation not permitted > >Is it a local directory, not hosted on iCloud or elsewhere? I would suggest >confirming. If it's hosted remotely, then check your access to the file >storage (e.g., that you're logged in). > >If the files are stored locally, then I suspect file system corruption. Can >you run a file system check (initially without repairing anything)?
Definitely local and not corruption; that attribute is reported to affect access to files and folders, and also to be difficult to remove. I can actually prove that the folder itself is ok by things like cd Downloads/blah when I know folder blah exists in it. The subfolders work fine; the OS simply won't let me read the list of contents of the Downloads folder. In normal Unix terms, ~/Downloads almost acts like it has permissions 111 (--x--x--x); but it doesn't. -- Doug Lee d...@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org There is more freedom in knowing how to handle pain than in knowing how to avoid it. (4/29/01) -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20230704172753.7ro6qecrk6gls37x%40dlee.org.
