@ character after file permissions in terminal ...

When I list files in terminal using ls -l some files show a @ character after the normal file permissions ...
Ex : -rw-r--r--@ 1 jussi staff 425393 Dec 25 18:27 ncftp-3.2.3-src.tar.bz2
What, why, how ?? I can't recall seeing the @ on any linux machine I've had ...
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I also have the same problem, how to fix it ?
This is not a problem, and there is nothing to fix. See "man ls"
ls -leO@
If you are trying to map your Linux knowledge on top of Mac OS X, you will find that it does not map exactly.
Also you are better off asking Unix kind of questions in the Mac OS X Technologies > Unix Forum
<http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735>

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I tried to run the Alliance VLSI CAD system using an example (examples/alliance-examples/multi16b-reg), but have not been able to.
It complains that the file "vasy" cannot be executed as a binary file.
Here is the transcript from the Terminal session.
Go Trojans >make all
MBKWORKLIB=.; export MBKWORKLIB; MBKCATAL_NAME=NOCATAL; export
MBKCATALNAME;
/Applications/apps/eda/alliancevlsi_cad_sys/downloadfiles/opt/alliance-5.0/bin/vasy
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cannot execute binary file
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When I run "ls -al" in $(ALLIANCE_TOP)/bin, I get the following in
the Terminal.
Go Trojans >ls -al
total 17656
drwxr-xr-x@ 52 zhiyang staff 1768 Sep 2 2009 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 zhiyang staff 408 Apr 12 16:24 ..
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 108129 Sep 2 2009 a2def
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-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 8713 Sep 2 2009 alcbanner
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 135645 Sep 2 2009 asimut
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 24975 Sep 2 2009 attila
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 25747 Sep 2 2009 b2f
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 157479 Sep 2 2009 boog
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 111598 Sep 2 2009 boom
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 106837 Sep 2 2009 cougar
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 568722 Sep 2 2009 def2a
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 251206 Sep 2 2009 dreal
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 20138 Sep 2 2009 druc
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 40808 Sep 2 2009 exp
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 30100 Sep 2 2009 flatbeh
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 9975 Sep 2 2009 flatlo
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-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff 108420 Sep 2 2009 loon
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OK... Well, do you know what else may cause the problem?
Does the following help?
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-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 108129 Sep 2 2009 a2def
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 12219 Sep 2 2009 a2lef
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 8713 Sep 2 2009 alcbanner
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 135645 Sep 2 2009 asimut
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 24975 Sep 2 2009 attila
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 25747 Sep 2 2009 b2f
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 157479 Sep 2 2009 boog
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 111598 Sep 2 2009 boom
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 106837 Sep 2 2009 cougar
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 568722 Sep 2 2009 def2a
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 251206 Sep 2 2009 dreal
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 20138 Sep 2 2009 druc
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 40808 Sep 2 2009 exp
com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 2448244 Sep 2 2009 nero
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 2172602 Sep 2 2009 ocp
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 14498 Sep 2 2009 pat2spi
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 9887 Sep 2 2009 pdv
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 51121 Sep 2 2009 proof
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 178806 Sep 2 2009 ring
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 60506 Sep 2 2009 s2r
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 37106 Sep 2 2009 scapin
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 12324 Sep 2 2009 sea
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 13430 Sep 2 2009 seplace
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 12276 Sep 2 2009 seroute
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 82653 Sep 2 2009 sxlib2lef
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 77310 Sep 2 2009 syf
com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 11854 Sep 2 2009 x2vy
com.apple.quarantine 42
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com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 174556 Sep 2 2009 xfsm
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 167747 Sep 2 2009 xgra
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 185034 Sep 2 2009 xpat
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 249181 Sep 2 2009 xsch
com.apple.quarantine 42
-rwx------@ 1 zhiyang staff - 178627 Sep 2 2009 xvpn
com.apple.quarantine 42
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So a few background notes are in order. I came across an article on the NSA's website titled Hardening Tips for Mac OS x 10.6 "Snow Leopard", needless to say I have come to believe I have made this irreversible. The NSA suggested to do some fancy command line coding to disable this, modify that, and change permissions to this. After hours spent on "hardening" my system, I have little hair left to pull in frustration. Is there any way to restore all file permissions back to default? I have used the Repair Disk Permissions, but that has done very little. To give the scope of what permissions have been skewed, I have observed several things:
The desktop wallpapers, on all Desktops (as I'm in Lion 10.7.3), start from the same picture every time. I have the wallpapers changing, randomly, every 5 minutes.
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There are more symptoms of an ever growing problem.
I have backed up my machine from Time Machine, but I think it retains these file permissions, unless I'm wrong.
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How can I fully restore EVERY file permission back to default? Repair Disk Permissions doesn't work
Is there a way that I can re-install Mac OS X, restore through Time Machine, and achieve the default file permissions, essentially losing all file permissions?

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Bear with me, my situation is lengthy to explain, possibly because I don't have the right words to describe it.
I've got a difficult situation I can't figure out. Let me start by saying, I don't know the Terminal very well, as I suspect that fixing my problem will definitely involve the Terminal. I know just enough to be dangerous (or to copy and paste!)
I had an old laptop running 10.6, and have a new laptop now running 10.8.4. Rather than use the Migration Assistant, I felt I wanted a clean start, a new user profile, etc, so I started from scratch. I should add that the new laptop has two internal drives, one that houses the OS, the other that is meant to store my (user generated) files. Also, for abbreviations' sake-- old computer, my username was called OldUser, and new computer my username is now NewUser.
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everyone:    Custom
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The rest of the permissions, I set to "Read/Write" by recursively using the chmod command to set the file permissions to 777. (This is one command line trick I do know). But it didn't work!
At this point, I'm really stuck, because I lack the file permissions/command line vocabularly to even be able to google my question! Help?!
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Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
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In the Terminal window, type this:
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Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
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Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
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"Password Wallet" & File Permissions

Hi,
How can I set the file permissions correctly on "Password Wallet's" file so that multiple people on the same Apple MacBookPro running Leopard (MAC OS 10.5.x) can access it read/write?
Yes, I've already run this question by Selznick Software (Password Wallet's developer) and got nowhere.
Here's the problem/symptoms that I am experiencing:
I installed "Password Wallet" and started using it under my userid/account (Toni). Everything worked fine. I adjusted the file permissions on Password Wallet's data file to allow my wife to access it under her userid/account (Mel). She logged onto her account and accessed it just fine. Then, I re-logged onto my account (Toni) and CANNOT access it because somehow her access removed my read/write permissions from the file.
I've tried the same experiment several times now. The result is always the same. After getting the Password Wallet data file setup with read/write for wife and read/write for me while logged onto my account (with administrative privileges), then if another user account (wife's) accesses it, then the access control lists are mysteriously changed (my read/write access control is gone, my wife's is the only remaining read/write access).
I have only done this experiment and reset the access the control settings via the GUI interface. Somebody at work suggested I enter terminal mode and use the command line methods (UNIX commands like chmod). Although, I know how to run these types of commands, I have no idea what access control settings I need to enter on the chmod command line to allow multiple users to have read/write access to the PasswordWallet data file.
Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,

After some more experimentation tonight, I have finally found a "workaround" to allow multiple user accounts on the same computer to successfully access the Password Wallet's data file!
Here's the trick/workaround:
(1) Create a group account (say "PasswordWalletGroup") whose members are the different user accounts that you want to access Password Wallet's data file (so, in my case I added myself and my wife into this group); &
(2) Give that group Read/Write access to the data file (via "Finder", select the data file, select "Get Info", and go to the section on "Sharing & Permissions" & simply add the group name & modify the privileges to "Read & Write").
Now, each user account in that group will be able to access Password Wallet's data file and can modify it. The Password Wallet application will still reset the permissions so that the last user account modifying the file will become the "owner" (Me) BUT the above group workaround will somehow trick the application. Thus, the next different user account that accesses it will be successful and the goofy application will again reset the permissions to let this account be the owner but the group permission will allow others to still access the data file.
It's clear that the Password Wallet application is doing something funky with the file permissions. Perhaps, it's a "file locking" scheme or something. The application clearly wants to reset the permissions so that the only user account with read/write access is the account that last modified the file. However, the workaround above somehow fools the application and allows multiple user accounts to access the data file (sequentially, of course, not simultaneously).

File Permissions Changed Now System Won't Boot!

I recently networked my G5 to a macbook with the latest version of Leopard. I noticed that even though I had set the permissions on all of my drives for another user to access from the macbook, most of the files inside had not updated with this permission. Even when I set permissions on a folder, each file inside the folder ignored the permission and only worked if I set them up one at a time. Why?????
So I highlighted a folder, clicked info and this time when I set the permissions I went to advanced and then ticked the box which stated something along the lines of "include everything within"
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I had to force eject the drive with the old paperclip in the DVD routine, insert the system disk and then boot from that.
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I ran "Repair disk permissions". It took 4 hours. Rebooted.
This time I get the grey screen and the spinning wheel, but the system never boots. The drive isn't even active.
I tried booting in single user mode. When I get to the prompt I tried mounting the drive by typing:
mount -uw / and then followed by chmod o+rx /. This was the solution to a similar permissions problem I had a while ago, that worked perfectly. This time it did nothing. Also when I typed exit to leave the terminal, the system just sat there doing nothing.
By the way, while I sit there staring at the terminal, or just staring at the grey screen, the fan on the G5 starts to power up, getting louder, and louder and louder and louder over a several minutes until it sounds like a jet engine!!
I don't have a clue what this file permissions has done, but it seems to have turned my G5 into scrap metal.

Thanks KJK. I tried entering those commands in single user mode but the reboot just hung. Repairing file permissions would have taken another 4 hours and unfortunately I'm dumb enough to run my business on a Mac so I had to reinstall the operating system for speed. Needless to say even that caused problems because the install didn't give me any option to back up so I have lost everything on that drive. I'm learning that with the Mac, before you hit any button, you have to do about 3 hours research on the internet to find out what the consequences of it will be.
Nerowolfe, I have to disagree. We are not all Mac techies. And this problem I have encountered is not as obvious as it may appear. I have found hundreds of postings on the same problem on the internet. If Apple aren't able to create one system alert box that will let you know the consequences of changing permissions then they can't care that much about their customers. After this, I will be networking PCs and getting rid of the Mac, because networking macs is the most ridiculous and problematic I have ever seen.
The reason I ended up in this situation in the first place is because the Mac refused to allow access to another user to individual files even though the folder itself was set to grant access. Even a 4 year old would assume that if you grant a user access to a folder then that means they have automatic access to everything in it! And I did look on the internet to find why it wasn't and the answer was to tick the "includes" box which was disastorous.
So I am now left with 2 macs that refuse to network because Apple don't have a clue how to instruct non-technical minded users on how to set permissions. I have yet to find a way of allowing another user on another mac to have access to all of my (non-system) files without turning my G5 into a slab of worthless junk.
Somehow, I don't think even reinstalling the OS is going to solve the problem, because this is Apple we are talking about. So no doubt setting the file permissions on my main drive has probably caused some other obscure Unix code to shut me out of all my external drives the moment I plug them in.

Startup Permissions & File Permissions

Recently, something went wrong within my computer. I'm not sure what it was, but a lot of the file permissions got screwed up. I can no longer use VMware Fusion, as it claims that it does not have the rights to run the program and to access all directories it uses for files, and so on. Also, at startup, I get a whole flood of warning messages saying that startup items were omitted due to lack of correct permissions. Is there some way to just set all file permissions back to default to end this misery?
I have already spent two days researching, and I'm wondering if someone has found a way to solve this.
Keep this in mind: Most people will say, "Reinstall your OS and all your programs." Here is my problem: I purchased this computer legally with a huge bundle of software, including CS5 and Final Cut Studio. They are both legal, but unfortunately, I don't have the installation stuff for them. So, does anyone have any suggestions?
I don't want to re-install my OS - that would hurt everything I have.
My computer specs, because someone is bound to ask for them:
Intel Core i5
8GB RAM
512MB VRam
MacOSX Snow Leopard (10.6, I believe)
In dire need of good help! Thanks, I'm glad I found this community. If this question has already been answered, please link me the page. I couldn't find it.
Colin

Here is something else that may help you: I tried using the Disk Utility to repair the permissions, but it simply does this every time I tell it to repair the permissions:
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ".
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib", should be 95, user is 0.
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib".
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries", should be 95, user is 0.
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/RemoteDesktop.menu/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/RemoteDesktopMenu.ni b".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreen.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/LockScreenLeopard386.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib".
Permissions repair complete
And here is terminal after the repair, including every line created since the beginning of the repair.
I hope this will act as another clue, and I really hope this doesn increase the headache of the situation at hand.

Time Capsule file permissions

Whenever I copy a file to the time capsule (either via finder by moving it there, or via terminal with cp) the file permissions of the file end up with -rwxrwxrwx, independently whether the file was an executable, or whether it only had reading permissions for all or group. Running chmod on the Time Capsule files has no effect.
This is really silly and makes the Airport Disk sharing useless. This way I will never share files with my friends over the Airport disk because the files loose their property and all files are executables at the end.
Is there a way to mount or configure the Time Capsule so that it conserves the file permissions?
I am aware that time capsule cannot handle different users, but at least it should conserve the file permissions. I imagine it could be like a scp or ftp of files to another server. My files on the other server will not have my user name, but at least they conserve the file permissions. A -rw-r-r- file will still be a -rw-r-r- file even if I copy it 10 times from one server to another.
I would lik to encourage Apple to take this problem seriously and provide an update for this issue. So many other Apple products are just so well integrated in a networking environment, even if it is a heterogeneous one, but not Time Capsule with this flaw.
Best wishes,
Reto

Agree, this is a serious flaw, that makes the device very dangerous to use as a central server for shared files, for example, the family's photograph collection. Since there appears to be no way to write protect anything, how can I ensure the files don't get modified or deleted?
Here's a nasty case I am seeing:
We unload a digital camera onto the TC's disk, then someone goes to their iPhoto app, and adds these files to their iPhoto library. Then they do something simple, like rotate the photos, and voila! The master file on the TC has now been modified! Horrible.

Live Data / Problem with file permissions

Just trying out an old version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. I am
using my webhosting service for remote server/testing server
duties. It is running PHP 4.3.10 and MySQL 3.23.58. I was able to
set up the database connection and test-retrieve a recordset with
no problems. In following the tutorial I found that Livedata
wouldn't work, it just giving me a warning about file permissions
being wrong. It turns out that when Dreamweaver creates a temporary
file of the work-in-progress to upload to the remote server the
file is created on the server with owner=rw, group=rw, world=r
which explains why it won't run - group has to be set to group=r.
The file is created on the fly and then immediately deleted by
Dreamweaver so it is impossible to manually set the permission on
the server and probably fairly pointless too.
I tried just saving the file and previewing in the browser
which again causes it to be uploaded to the remote server. The
first time this resulted in the browser offering a file download
box instead of running the page. The reason is - again - that
Dreamweaver is setting the uploaded file permissions to include
group=rw. If I manually set the permission for group to group=r it
runs fine.
It turns out that Dreamweaver is always setting the file
permissions on file uploads (checked php and html) to the
remote/testing server to include group=rw. Once I set it manually
on the remote/testing server to group=r for a php file everything
is fine and subsequent uploads of the same file do not change it
again.
I checked with the webhosting company and their second-line
have reported back to me that the default file permission they set
on uploaded files includes group=r so it must be DW that is causing
the problem by setting group=rw the first time. I confirmed this by
using WS-FTP to upload the same file (renamed) to the same target
directory and the permissions set were owner=rw, group=r, world=r.
So
Can anyone please tell me how to change the permissions DW
sets on files written to a remote server because I have spent
countless hours on it without success. From looking at other posts
in this forum it could be that other users are hitting the same
kind of problem with DW8

Stop using Live Data with a hosting account. Set up PHP and
MySQL locally on
your machine. That is how it's supposed to work. You
shouldn't test files on
the fly on a host as you write them. Change your test account
in DW to use
the local server. Upload your files to your remote server
after they are
fully tested.
Tom Muck
http://www.tom-muck.com/
"nigelssuk" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:[email protected]...
> Just trying out an old version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. I
am using my
> webhosting
> service for remote server/testing server duties. It is
running PHP 4.3.10
> and
> MySQL 3.23.58. I was able to set up the database
connection and
> test-retrieve a
> recordset with no problems. In following the tutorial I
found that
> Livedata
> wouldn't work, it just giving me a warning about file
permissions being
> wrong.
> It turns out that when Dreamweaver creates a temporary
file of the
> work-in-progress to upload to the remote server the file
is created on the
> server with owner=rw, group=rw, world=r which explains
why it won't run -
> group
> has to be set to group=r. The file is created on the fly
and then
> immediately
> deleted by Dreamweaver so it is impossible to manually
set the permission
> on
> the server and probably fairly pointless too.
>
> I tried just saving the file and previewing in the
browser which again
> causes
> it to be uploaded to the remote server. The first time
this resulted in
> the
> browser offering a file download box instead of running
the page. The
> reason is
> - again - that Dreamweaver is setting the uploaded file
permissions to
> include
> group=rw. If I manually set the permission for group to
group=r it runs
> fine.
>
> It turns out that Dreamweaver is always setting the file
permissions on
> file
> uploads (checked php and html) to the remote/testing
server to include
> group=rw. Once I set it manually on the remote/testing
server to group=r
> for a
> php file everything is fine and subsequent uploads of
the same file do not
> change it again.
>
> I checked with the webhosting company and their
second-line have reported
> back
> to me that the default file permission they set on
uploaded files includes
> group=r so it must be DW that is causing the problem by
setting group=rw
> the
> first time. I confirmed this by using WS-FTP to upload
the same file
> (renamed)
> to the same target directory and the permissions set
were owner=rw,
> group=r,
> world=r.
>
> So
>
> Can anyone please tell me how to change the permissions
DW sets on files
> written to a remote server because I have spent
countless hours on it
> without
> success. From looking at other posts in this forum it
could be that other
> users
> are hitting the same kind of problem with DW8
>

File permissions issue when putting a file into another person's Drop Box

I frequently drop files from my Mac into a co-worker's Drop Box on her Mac. When I do so, however, the files are inaccessible to her until she does a Get Info and changes the owner to herself.
I've done file sharing of this sort between many different Macs before, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone have to alter file permissions on a file I gave to them--every single time. How can I avoid this problem?
We're both running 10.4.9.
Thanks very much.
MacBook 1.83GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I too have noticed this behaviour with the drop box and find it irritating. I don't use it much so I haven't investigated a solution, but your colleague could try opening Terminal from her admin account and entering these commands:
sudo fsaclctl -p / -e [this enables ACLs on her boot drive]
The below two lines can be pasted in at the same time (replacing "mary" with her short user name):
sudo chmod +a "mary allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file, \
addsubdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directoryinherit" ~mary/Public/Drop\ Box
That should allow her to have full access to any files put into her drop box. Rebooting might be necessary for the ACL settings to take effect.
Disclaimer: AFAIK this should work because I have gotten similar things working before. But I have not tested this specific solution.
FWIW, it might be easier to just e-mail her the file instead.

Warnings notice after repairing permissions

After upgrading to 10.5.1, I noticed the following Warnings after I repaired permissions:
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /DiskManagementTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Reso urces/Locum" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Versions/A/Resources/runner " has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "usr/libexec/authopen" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Any idea of what's causing these warnings? Is this a problem I should correct or worry about?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

This looks like a carbon copy to the message I found after repairing permissions. It happened as well after installing Mac OS X Leopard. I verified my Startup Disk, it checked out ok. The reason why I did these repair and verification moves was because my Toast 8 crashed each time upon trying to start it up. I had no problems with it before, neither with any prior Toast version, down to Toast 2 (I believe, I started with Toast 2). When I installed the Leopard I did an upgrade only, not an "erase and install." I just dreaded to do a zillion re-installations of all applications. I hope somebody comes up with some good suggestions. Or is it possible that this has to do with those typical bugs that seem to be unavoidable at the release of a new system software?

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