Allowing and restricting which users can perform what operations of particular files
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Does not boot (endless spinning)
A friend of mine has forgot her password to a newly bought Macbook Pro, Lion.
I've reset the password like described here by booting to single-user mode and deleting /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
The Mac ...
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How can I fix getting permission errors when I try to copy from a mounted drive?
I'm attempting to install Open Office and when I drag the app over to the application folder. Both by dragging it onto the provided shortcut or if I drag it directly to the folder I get this error ...
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Something is messing with my disk permissions, which breaks a lot of file-related stuff. Can I find out what is causing this?
This has been happening for months, and I have no idea what's causing it.
Something on my Mac keeps mucking with disk permissions, and it seems like a trivial set of stuff
Java-related library ...
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Files created by Windows on Lion SMB shares have 600 permissions
I have File Sharing enabled in OS X Lion, and I'm accessing the shares using Win XP and Win 7 boxes. I can read and write fine, by when I create a new file, the permissions for that file defaults to ...
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Require login to be able to see anything on wiki server?
In addition to having wikis, the wiki server built into OS X Server also allows users to host blogs and personal file storage. By default, it appears that these functions are enabled, even if you are ...
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The document “X” could not be autosaved. You don’t have permission
I have a Mac OSX Lion file share over the AFP protocol in our office and users are having trouble saving to it. Here's the process:
Open an existing file on the server
Make changes
Save changes, ...
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OSX 10.7 File Sharing does not respect Group: Everyone “No Access”. Share publicly displays
As the title says. I have a folder, which I added to my Shared Folder list under System Preferences > Sharing that I do not want to broadcast publicly. I'm the owner of the folder and my access is ...
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Permission Problems for copied files from NAS
I access my Synology NAS via AFP and can open/edit all of my files directly on it. But when I copy a file to my desktop I can't open it. Finder tells me I don't have appropriate permissions.
When I ...
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How do I run BeyondCompare in X11 as root?
I used WineBottler to install Beyond Compare on my Mac.
It runs within an X11 environment. (It works great, by the way.)
But it cannot access many folders to which my user account does not have ...
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Symlink to hidden file
I have 2 macs, and use Dropbox a lot. On my MacBook I have one folder synced with Dropbox (through a symlink, ln -s ~/folder ~/Dropbox) that is actually in my ~/Library directory, so it's hidden. It ...
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OSX server 10.6 and umask
I'm trying to set up our server so that file permissions make sense. We have a mac mini running OSX 10.6.7. Through our desktop Macs, we connect to shared folders on that server and save files on it, ...
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Mountain Lion: Problem With Permissions
I recently tried compiling Textmate 2 now that it's open sourced. Followed all the directions hereand downloaded all the dependencies. Now, when I tried to build (using ./configure && ninja) I ...
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Why is Tor-Vidalia failing to access folders on OSX to create a hidden service?
I'm running OSX 10.7 and following the instructions linked below am failing to start hidden services.
I keep getting this error: "Error creating directory ...". It's either No such file or ...
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Controlling File Permissions on a Windows File Share
I'm using a Mac running Mountain Lion (10.8.3) with file sharing enabled to Windows users.
Whenever a Windows user copies a file into the share on the Mac (Windows file sharing), the permissions of ...
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Default permissions for new users in OS X Server
I'm creating mobile users in MT Lion Server through Workgroup Manager 10.8. I've set it up so that when the user logs in to the client machine, the network share point auto mounts. This gives access ...
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Why were my permissions different from the default and what are the implications of “fixing” them?
For some time now my Finder "Get Info" dialogs have been displaying "Fetching...", and I recently decided to fix the problem by following the instructions for resetting my home folder permissions. As ...
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Permissions on network sharepoint weird OS 10.5.8
In my office we have a RAID array that is an external drive connected to a Server, running OS 10.4.11 Server, and several Sharepoints are defined on this drive. I mount these volumes on my desktop, ...
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iMac hanging on startup
I've got a 2011, 21.5" iMac with a 1TB hard drive (likely Seagate, although I don't think I can check right now). After it froze, I did a cold restart by holding down the power button for a few ...
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How to create user only for wiki?
Does anyone know how I would create a user, maybe by email address, that would only be able to access a specific wiki on lion server?
I'm trying to allow access for clients (not OS X clients) that ...
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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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Hibernate mode 25 for filevault messing with apps on wake
I recently started using Filevault 2 to encrypt my hard drive. I read that due to security vulnerabilities, it was recommended to change the sleep settings via
sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 ...
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How to set permission for an external hard drive formatted in Hfs+?
i've formatted an external hard drive in HFS+ using Ubuntu, and i've copied into 600 gb of data's.
Now, i've connected it to a Mac OsX Lion and shared it to a lan with 4 mac's.
The problem is that ...
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Setting user & group in a new installation (Mac)
Our product is an Audio Units that needs to be installed in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
In order to allow automatic updates, we need to create the Audio-Unit bundle (ourapp.component) with ...
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Hierarchal folder permissions problems
MacOS Snow Leopard and Lion: permissions set for a folder aren't inherited by new files copied into it or created in it.
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Mac external drive file rights
I have a mac that just received an external drive which I formatted and plugged in.
When I am logged in as a normal user it all looks fine.
But when I am logged in as root the system recognizes ...
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Block power assertions for specific app
I've been having a problem with my iMac not going to sleep. I've found the culprit, using
pmset -g assertions
and its chrome, specifically when I have any window open that has a video in it, even ...
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Is there a best / OSX-specific way to force all files created in a directory to have certain group ownership?
Basically I need any file filefoo that is newly created by userfoo or userbar, both members of groupfoo, in /Users/Shared/SpecialDirectory to have the same ownership that would be achieved by that ...
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Networking dead after a disk/permissions repair
After a strange string of events, I'm left with broken networking on my iMac (21" i3, 10.6).
It started on Fri. when a co-worker could not get jobs from this iMac, they were saying he didn't have ...
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How can I configure inclusive file access permissions?
Suppose that I have a particular folder. I want a new user to only have access to this folder and absolutely no other files or folders on the system.
Is this possible in Mountain Lion? If so, how?
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Problem installing ClamXav - “One or more items have special permissions…”
I'm having a problem installing ClamXav 2.2.1 on my ppc mac (OSX 10.4). I downloaded ClamXav_2.2.1.dmg from the website, double-clicked it and it mounted the volume. When I try to drag the application ...
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Can't open folder after creating share point on Lion Server
I think somehow Server.app screwed up my ~/Downloads folder after I tried to share it over the network and fudged with permissions and now I can't open it at all.
The weird thing is the folder is ...
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Assign a common name to a gid?
How do you assign a "common name" (if that's the correct term) to a gid in OS X Lion?
For example, when you do a long listing (ls -l) on the command line in a local user's home directory, you'll get ...
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Automatically grant RW access to everyone for files created by a 'sharing-only' user
We have a user account on a computer which is set as a 'sharing only' account. Everyone in our office uses that account to connect to the computer to drop files.
They can connect and copy files ...
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How to remove group membership from user using the Lion Terminal?
How to remove a self created daemon user named '_denyhosts' from group 1025(workgroup), 403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2), 404(com.apple.sharepoint.group.3) and 405(com.apple.sharepoint.group.4) using ...
