I can't think of a 'Linux' solution to the problem.
I'll try to find a mac applescript that batch unlocks files. I did downloaded
a 'drag and drop' file program but unless I can unlock (by hand I suppose)
part of the  mac OS it won't work. hmm...



On Tuesday 08 February 2005 10:47 am, David G Stevenson wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I tried chmod +wx * ( you did mean * =/mnt/macos?)
> > It didn't unlock any files,I'm afraid...
> >
> > n.
>
> su
> cd /mnt/macos
> chmod +rx *
>
> locked = not writable (or executable) permisions ? Just checking we have
> the correct terminology :-)
>
> > On Tuesday 08 February 2005 09:52 am, David G Stevenson wrote:
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>>I mounted the macos disk:
> >>>
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df -h
> >>>Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> >>>/dev/hda11            2.9G  2.3G  430M  85% /
> >>>/dev/hda10            8.2G  7.9G  266M  97% /mnt/macos
> >>>
> >>>is -la /mnt/macos produced the info below. nb - Notice the date Jan
> >>> 1904! I checked both Mac and Mandrake clocks and thay are set to the
> >>> right date and time. The other linux distro I used was quite old and
> >>> various features,for example the firewire drive access, were
> >>> 'experimental' and tended to crash the computer from time to
> >>> time,setting all clocks back:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -la /mnt/macos
> >>>total 277082
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        92 Jan  1  1904 ./
> >>>drwxrwxrwx  6 root root      4096 Jan  8 11:20 ../
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         4 Jan  1  1904 1/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         8 Jan  1  1904 Acrobat Reader 4.0/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root       759 Jan 10  2003 Acrobat Reader 4.0
> >>> Install Log drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        11 Jan  1  1904 Adaptec
> >>> Toast 4.1.2/ drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        16 Jan  1  1904 Apple
> >>> Extras/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root    534528 Oct  5  2003 AppleShare PDS
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        16 Jan  1  1904 Applications/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         6 Jan  1  1904 Assistants/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         9 Jan  1  1904 BBEditLite Folder/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         2 Jan  1  1904 Cleanup At Startup/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        26 Jan  1  1904 compression:expansion /
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root   1069056 Feb  6 11:16 Desktop DB
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root   3696794 Dec 18 18:58 Desktop DF
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root       152 Jan  1  1904 Desktop Folder/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        10 Jan  1  1904 Desktop Resetter 2.8 �/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         5 Jan  1  1904 Documents/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root      4819 Oct  9  2000 download\WritePDF_MAC.PDF
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root      5203 Aug 18  2002 DummyDB.cwk
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root      5262 Aug 18  2002 DummySS.cwk
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root      3608 Aug 18  2002 DummyWP.cwk
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        11 Jan  1  1904 Eudora Application
> >>> Folder/ -r--r--r--  1 root root       256 Oct  1  2003 Ext Devices FDG
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root        39 Dec 25  2002
> >>> FinaleNotePad-serialNumber -r--r--r--  1 root root      3483 Apr 19 
> >>> 2002 Installation Log -r--r--r--  1 root root     26238 Jun 27  2004
> >>> Installer Log File drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        14 Jan  1  1904
> >>> Installer Logs/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        10 Jan  1  1904 MacGSView/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root     13957 Jan  8  2003 MacGSView Installer Log
> >>>File -r--r--r--  1 root root     46080 Aug 18  2002 MacLink Export
> >>>Translators -r--r--r--  1 root root     46080 Aug 18  2002 MacLink
> >>> Import Translators -r--r--r--  1 root root    207279 Feb  1  2003
> >>>Ma(r)xTutorials
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root       361 Jun 17  1978 Max:MSP/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        17 Jan  1  1904 MidiShare/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root       179 Jun 12  2002 _nautilus-metafile.xml
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         3 Jan  1  1904 Opcode/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root         0 Mar 27  2000 OpenFolderListDF?
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         6 Jan  1  1904 Silverlining Pro Folder/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root      1209 Oct  4  2003 Snapz Pro 2 Installer Log
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         5 Jan  1  1904 SoundAppPPC 2.7.3/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root        55 Jul 24  1972 System Folder/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root       267 Jan  1  1904 Temporary Items/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         3 Jan  1  1904 TheFindByContentFolder/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         4 Jan  1  1904 TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         6 Jan  1  1904 Trash/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root      5621 Apr 25  2002 TypeChanger
> >>>drwxr-xr-x  1 root root         5 Jan  1  1904 Utilities/
> >>>-r--r--r--  1 root root 274726912 Feb  7 20:54 VM Storage
> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I hope this is more illuminating ;-)
> >>>
> >>>cheers,
> >>>Nev
> >>
> >>Looks like it is just the files that were locked..
> >>
> >>cd /mnt/macos
> >>chmod +wx *
> >>
> >>That should get the files in order.
> >>
> >>HTH
> >>
> >>>On Tuesday 08 February 2005 01:02 am, David G Stevenson wrote:
> >>>>RickSisler wrote:
> >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >>>>>>>Could you post the output of:
> >>>>>>># ls -la /mnt/macos
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>It gave this:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -la /mnt/macos
> >>>>>>total 8
> >>>>>>dr--r-x--x  2 root users 4096 Jan  8 18:03 ./
> >>>>>>drwxrwxrwx  6 root root  4096 Jan  8 11:20 ../
> >>>>
> >>>>What you see there is /mnt/macos is empty. All it contains is the
> >>>>special files . and ..
> >>>>
> >>>>This means that the macos directory had dr--r-x--x and is owned by root
> >>>>but is in the users group.
> >>>>
> >>>>/mnt has drwxrwxrwx which means anyone on the machine can create
> >>>>files/directories here.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I assume that the macos disk is not actually mounted at present.
> >>>> Running:
> >>>>
> >>>>% df -h
> >>>>
> >>>>will show if this is the case or not.
> >>>>
> >>>>As for the macos directory, it would be proper for the permisions to
> >>>> be:
> >>>>
> >>>>drwxr-xr-x
> >>>>
> >>>>so,
> >>>>
> >>>>% chmod 755 /mnt/macos
> >>>>
> >>>>would suffice. If you wanted users in the 'user' group to be able to
> >>>>write to the macos directory, then:
> >>>>
> >>>>% chmod 775 /mnt/macos
> >>>>
> >>>>would do.
> >>>>
> >>>>Usually, I would not allow write access to the macos directory, but
> >>>>create a directory in the macos dir which has more open permissions.
> >>>>
> >>>>Once you have the disk mounted (assuming that the disk is not mounted
> >>>> in your example output above) you would need to provide more info as
> >>>> to what sort of data is on there (I have never used MacOS).
> >>>>
> >>>>HTH
> >>>>
> >>>>David.
> >>>>
> >>>>>OK, that doesn't seem right ay, but ..
> >>>>>hmm, what was the permissions for the macos before you changed it?
> >>>>>If you used to be able to read, write and execute on it then, the
> >>>>>owner root, should have rwx, and r-x for the group members ..
> >>>>>atleast to view it right, which is why you were trying 755 ..
> >>>>>and as root, chmod 755 /mnt/macos .. didnt work ? I'm stumped ..
> >>>>>So I hope someone with more experience than me jumps in soon 8)
> >>>>
> >>>><snip>
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