Authenticate to add to Macintosh HD

Yosemite 10.10.2
Macintosh HD
Yosemite now requires my to authenticate a file or folder when I want to add to /iMac/Macintosh HD/ while I am in my user account.
Authentication is not required for me to insert a newly created folder or file in the existing folders, such as /iMac/Macintosh HD/Webhead1990/
Is there a way to turn off the authentication requirement once I have logged in to my user account?
When my iMac is started, a password is required to get beyond the opening screen for my user account.
I have two user accounts, my account and guest.
Yosemite Help was no help.
Thanks for your time and help.

Thanks, Eric. Your instructions were very explicit and easy to follow. Except one thing: "The process takes a few minutes".
I hit the "reset" button, it turns light gray with the word "done". I have waited for the "done" to turn dark black. The first time, I waited ten minutes. The second time I waited 15 minutes. Then I backed out of "Terminal", and reopened. I selected "System Administrator (Root)", and pressed "Reset". That was about 20 minutes ago.
I'm going to wait another 15 minutes, then I am going to back out and restart my iMac, and await your remarks.
I must be doing something wrong, or my iMac 3.06GHz is slow. But I don't think so. I think maybe(?) Yosemite has changed this process.

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