Allowing and restricting which users can perform what operations of particular files
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Permissions for new files in shared directory
We just got a new iMac are using the /Users/Shared directory to store media assets (pictures, audio, video) that we want accessible to all users on the machine. After copying over all the files ...
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I know how to repair disk permissions. But… Who broke them?
One of the common Mac troubleshooting steps everyone always seems encouraged to try first is to "repair disk permissions" in Disk Utility.
This process usually finds random odd problems, fixes them, ...
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How to move the Downloads folder (in Mountain Lion) to another disc
I want the "Downloads" folder not on the system drive but on my second internal drive.
In Lion I just deleted the "Downloads" folder and replace it with an alias with the same name (pointing to the ...
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Keychain says “Access to this item is restricted” after upgrading to Lion
I recently upgraded to Lion and since then I haven't been able to use Keychain to look at my stored passwords. When I click on the checkbox to show them it prompts me for my master password, then ...
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Are my permissions for /usr/local/ correct?
I’m using HomeBrew for my port needs (seems a bit “cleaner” than MacPorts).
I can install without sudoing (which is great), but the man linking step seems to require it (/usr/local/share/man/man3 ...
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How to create a pseudo-guest account in Lion with FileVault 2?
The guest account always had very limited permissions, unfortunately since activating FileVault on Lion it's deactivated by default. (More about it here: Unable to create Guest Account after enabling ...
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Homebrew permissions & multiple users needing to brew update
I'm using Homebrew to manage package installs on Lion (Lion Server actually but this shouldn't matter).
Homebrew was installed under one user. Now a different user would like to add a package and ...
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How Should I Correct the Owners and Permissions in an OS X Lion User Folder?
My issue is that I've seriously busted all of the owners and permissions on my user folder and subfolders and it's causing lots of issues using lots of applications.
The initial cause was that I had ...
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Resetting user permissions to their default mode
I'm on Mac OS X 10.7.2 with a serious permissions issue that affects most items in my Documents folder, which now require my password for modifications like renaming. The concerned files and folders ...
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Best practice for installing applications for multiple users?
I have a MBP with Lion (10.7.3) on it and there are two user accounts on it, I use them to seperate work and private stuff, but when I install apps, I generally want to use/upgrade/remove them using ...
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What causes chmod to not work on an ssh file in OSX?
I am trying to mount private keys from USB stick. OSx does not allow me to change their permissions, why? How can I change them? In other words, how can I add private keys from random USB stick to ...
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No right to open file once copied on the desktop
I'm new to Mac, so I may not have the correct vocabulary.
We have a Mac 10.5.x configured to share files with AFP and SMB.
We have 4 other Mac as clients, various versions between 10.5 and 10.6.
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Whenever I try to delete a file in Finder I get “Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.”
I can't figure out why Finder isn't letting me delete files under my home directory without providing my password. Here's a listing of some files on my desktop:
~/Desktop steve 526$ ls -l@ flower*
...
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1answer
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What does “Always Allow…” actually do?
That is, what files does it actually change? I am deploying a new version of an application on to multiple machines (100+) and when I test it on a machine, the "You do not have permission to use the ...
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Cannot Save/Edit to Mac Share Using Mountain Lion
The problem: Under Mountain Lion (10.8.3) I cannot create new files or save changes to a particular share, which is running Lion (10.7).
I can connect to the shared Mac on my local network (in a ...
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How can I make a folder and its contents automatically owned by two people?
Ok, in the /Users/Shared/ folder I have my DropBox folder.
I have read/write permissions set for me and my wife (shared computer). However, if she creates a folder/file in the DropBox folder, I can ...
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Network share permissions problems in Mountain Lion
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I have experienced some weird problems with network share permissions. This network share is a Windows server which I login to like so: ...
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1answer
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AppleScript app started prompting to run or quit. How can I disable this?
I'm not entirely sure why this has started happening since this is completely new behaviour and I haven't done any system updates but I have a nice little toolbar app for my Snow Leopard Finder.app ...
