Can't access my backups due to permissions issues

i have a number of time machine backups since months but to some reason when i click the 'documents' folder, there is a one-way sign on it and i get a message that tells me i 'don't have sufficient access privileges'. If i do cmd-I, the permissions are 'unknown - read and write, everyone - no access'. i can't clcik the lock or change that.
is there anyway to get into that backup?
thanks.

Bucht wrote:
interestingly the issues was when i was accessing them via time machine. i actually found a solution now which is to access the backup via the finder which allows me to do a cmd-i and change the permissions.
Were you looking at the backups for a different user? Time Machine maintains the security of each user's data.

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