Does SyncToy 2.1 keep file/folder permissions?

Does SyncToy 2.1 keep file/folder permissions?
Thx,
J

Hi Texxxas,
Apparently the problem is not with SyncToy, it is with Task Scheduler. If you have had Task Scheduler work for you in the past, then I don't have an answer for that. I have never been able to get Task Scheduler to work correctly with SyncToy and a NAS drive.
I have found that for some reason it works with USB external HDD's but will not work with a network connected hard drive. The same bug exists in Win8.1 as well. However, I have since found a third party task scheduler that works perfectly with SyncToy and
my NAS drive. It is called System Scheduler by Splinterware. The free version only works when you are logged in but they have a paid version that runs as a service and will execute without being logged in. This has solved my problem.

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Audit when file/folder permissions change?

Hello,
We have an old Windows 2003 std server and someone keeps changing the permissions on a single file that is very important, can I audit who does this?
Thanks

Hi，
Firstly, please enable audit object access policy under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy in Local Group Policy Editor (if it is in a domain, please check it under the default domain
policy in Group Policy Manager) to a Security setting of Success.
Then you need to enable auditing on that file. Please open the file's properties dialog box, select the Security tab, click Advanced, and select the Auditing tab of the Advanced Security Settings window. In your case, you can check the
Change permissions permission in the "Auditing Entry for ..." page.
After that, you can check the security logs in event viewer once some changes the permissions on that file.
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Sharing files among different user accounts -- file/folder permissions?

I have two main user accounts that I switch between during the day (essentially a PERSONAL account and a WORK account). This allows me to keep separate Mail, iCal, etc -- as well as desktop applications and file organization. However, I am having some major issues with sharing data between the user accounts.
WHAT I WANT: A local drop box for shared communal files between these two primary users. Seems simple enough, right?
WHAT I DID: I created a subfolder in /Users/Shared/ called "COMMUNAL DROP BOX" and set the permissions to R/W for both my user accounts, and no access for the other accounts. However, when I copy files into this folder from my PERSONAL account -- it retains the file level permissions. For example, I grabbed some photos from my iPhone that I shot of a display for work -- I grabbed them off the phone and then dragged them into the drop box. They are in the shared folder, but the file perms are set to PERSONAL_ACCOUNT "Read & Write" and Everyone "No Access." There's no way I can continue to individually change every single file's permission -- how do I set it up to automatically match the folder, so that files like this are then readable by my work account?
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On my machine I've created a directory(folder) in the /Users directory called localshare. Since the directory can have just one owner, I've made root own the folder.
sudo mkdir /Users/localshare
Every user on my machine belongs to the group-Staff. I need to change the group class on the localshare directory that I've created.
sudo chown :staff /Users/localshare
As a reference, I changed the traditional permissions to reflect my desired results and lock down the permissions some.
sudo chmod 770 /Users/localshare
I have added an ACL on the localshare directory that allows the group staff to do anything within the directory- make file and directories, modify files that they do not owner, etc.
sudo chmod +ai "staff allow list,addfile,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directoryinherit" /Users/localshare
This works well for me with one issue. Files or folders must be copied to the localshare directory. They cannot be moved.
Message was edited by: Mark Jalbert

Clclean...... Does ANYONE know what this file/folder is

I have gone through NUMEROUS sources to determine if 'clclean.0000' <to name one file> is malware or if it is valid. I have traced back to Creative Audigy, but this doesn't truly make any sense as clclean.0000 is located in /Docs & Settings/usr/Local Settings/Temp. Clclean is a folder, file, & process. Whenever a boot sequence occurs, this process isn't logged in MSCONFIG nor in the startup. However, I open my task mgr & the process is there. I have gone through the suggested routes regarding removing this file, but the file still remains no matter what I do <Normal or SAFE Mode>. There is even a posting on the Creative boards regarding this file, but there are NO replies. Can ANYONE answer what is the purpose of file/folder/process?

That is nothing to worry about. Safari has supported HTML 5 local starage since version 4.0, you probably never noticed it before. It's a way for a web site to locally cache data that you create when you visit their web site. That way the data is still there when you go back to the site. I'm sure it has other uses as well.
Here is some info about how to implement HTML 5 Local Storage from the Safari developer's site. You can do a Google search for more info if you are really interested.
I have almost 400 files in that directory from various web sites I've visited dating back to the middle of 2010.

Global reset of file / folder permissions on a USB Drive

I just migrated to a new MB Pro. I now have an issue with file permissions on my USB drive that I use for Time Machine and some other external data. I understand (sort of) why the permissions are messed up, because you're forced to come up with a new user name when you migrate your data and applications. That being said, I just want to globally reset / update the permissions on my USB drive and it's data so that I'm the owner; and I can read and write. And I want to save all my data.
I've started this process going from the "get information" screen, so I think I know how. But it's been running forever. Isn't there some type of universal setting for a drive or does it just need to crunch thru every single file and directory?

Whatever you've done already it's the wrong thing to do. You cannot arbitrarily change permissions on every file on your backup using the Get Info window. The result will be a complete screwup of all the file permissions on your backup. You will manage to make a simple problem into an unsolvable one.
Next time you should ask first before you act rather than after when you cannot go back. Since you did this to your TM backup drive about all you can do at this point is erase the drive and start your TM backups from scratch. Of course this doesn't resolve anything for whatever you tried to migrate to your new computer.
If you migrated your old Home folder to the new computer then first be sure the account has admin status, then log into the account. You should then have full access to all your restored files. You can then delete the other user account.

Windows server 2008 R2 File& Folder Permissions; Ghost Permissions From "Parent Object" Assigned to Folder Owner

Windows 2008 R2 file server: Subfolders of a particular folder have an account that has Full Control permission that are listed as inherited. That account has no permissions in the parent folder. It was, however the account that was used to copy the folders
and their contents in there from another source and was the owner of the folder.
In Advanced Permissions, it shows them as inherited from "Parent Object" as opposed to the folder name of the parent folder (there are some of these.) (The parent folder of the place where the problem occurs does not inherit from _its_ parent)
I removed it as owner and yet the permissions remained. (as displayed either through the GUI or with ICACLS.)
If I make _any_ edit in Advanced Permissions, the 'ghost' permissions then go away (e.g. add my account with full control - I'm domain admin, so have that anyway) This step seems like it should be unnecessary, but it is required in this situation.
I've done this to 5 of about 20 subfolders and it is consistent. Folders which did not have the 'problem account' as their owner did not exhibit this characteristic.
This affects the files within the subfolders as well.
Oddly, adding an owner to a folder has the same effect and required the same edit before the permissions are seen. This was tested on a different drive on the same server.
Is this an anomaly, a bug, or expected performance?

Hi,
Do you mean that there is an account that has Full Control permission that are listed as inherited but it doesn’t appear in the parent NFS permissions? If so, please try to uncheck the "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" checkbox,
clicking Apply.
There is a similar thread, please go through it to help troubleshoot this issue:
NTFS: I have a user’s that's inherited from parent folder but it doesn’t appear in the Parent ACL
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6061af36-4d44-4de8-8139-d71f06d59a2c/ntfs-i-have-a-users-thats-inherited-from-parent-folder-but-it-doesnt-appear-in-the-parent-acl?forum=winserversecurity
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Remove-Item & Program Files folder: permissions error

I am attempting to use Remove-Item to delete a file in Program Files and getting a permissions error. But, I am a local admin, and I tried running the script as administrator. I have also tried -Force, to no avail. I hope I don't have to go back to the DOS
kludge I used in VBScript.
Any thoughts?
Gordon

Well, this is odd. I tried doing it in the ISE, super simple, just Remove-Item and the raw path. Errors. But I verified that the folder in question is set to read only. So in the ISE I added -Force. And it worked.
So I went back to my code and added -Force back in. And it worked. I assume if I misspelled it or something I would get an error, and I can't imagine the order makes any difference. May be that midnight is just a bit late to be playing in this sandbox.
EDIT: The plot thickens. I have another folder giving me grief, but this folder actually says in Explorer that I don't have permission to view the folders permissions. this is a lame leftover folder after a (typically incomplete) Windows uninstall. Is there
perhaps a PowerShell way of taking ownership of a folder like this? In my VBScript version I actually used DOS commands to do the deletes, and they all worked.
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Gordon

Have to keep setting folder permissions on folders within a shared folder

My husband and I both have iMacs and had problems with permissions being set to read only for everyone but him on his iMac. The problem is within a shared folder named Butterflies on his iMac. In a previous question I posted I was told to set ACLs using terminal for all files and folders in the Butterflies folder which is within the documents folder on his computer.
This worked at the time but now the same problem is cropping up. He tried to run the same command on his computer (he is logged in as administrator) and the message comes up "unable to reset permissions" for each file in the Butterflies folder. We upgraded both computers to OS X 10.5.7 when it came out a while back but this started happening just yesterday. Is this some problem requiring an update we haven't installed yet?
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Kim

The important thing to remember with inherited ACLs is that new files must be newly created or copied into the folder hierarchy for them to properly inherit the new permissions. If you make a new folder on your Desktop, and then move it into your sharing folder by drag and drop, it won't inherit the ACL properly and will still be read-only for others. It you have existing files that you want in the share folder, hold down the option key while dragging them in. That will make new copies of them, and then you can delete the originals.
Also note that some apps (like Apple's TextEdit) will ignore the ACL if you try to directly save their files in the ACL folder. Save TextEdit files in a temporary location first, and then copy them in to the sharing folder.
Also, be aware that most backup programs will strip off ACLs from the backups if the ACLs were inherited from a parent folder. Apple's Disk Utility, Time Machine, Finder, etc all have this problem. If you use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to make backups then you can be sure that all your inherited ACLs are being copied properly.
I know these ACL limitations are irritating. I use inherited ACLs to share files between my wife's and my user accounts, and these limitations sure irritate me. I think that ACLs are poorly implemented in OS X. I hope and wish that ACL handling will be improved in future OS X releases.

Does the Adobe Reader installer modify folder permissions at install time?

From the behavior I have observed, it does; however I would like to confirm this with someone. If so, is there a specific reason this is being done and what proccess is being used, for example does the installer remove all permissions from the folder then add permissions or does it remove only the users that are not needed then add new ones? Also there are two custom actions in the MSI that I am curious about, LockFilePermissions and LockRegPermissions. It appears these are the actions that are removing the default permissions. Can anyone provide any insight as to why this is needed?

Anyone?

File and folder permissions for Adobe Photoshop CS5

Good day,
I am an IT specialist and I work for a Canadian governement agency and we are having an issue with Photoshop CS5. After successfully installing Photoshop CS5 from the Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium set(using a local machine administrator account), Photoshop crashes immidiatly after launching it(even with the local administrator account). The exact error message is as follows:
The instruction at "0x230dad8dc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read".
Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program
I know this is an environement issue and not an application or hardware issue since I was able to successfully install and run Adobe Photoshop CS5 on a plain vanilla install of Windows SP3 XP on the same model of workstation(HP DC7800). This later also confirms it is not a RAM or video adapter issue either. My experience tells me it would be more related to file/folder permissions on the workstation(although I'm open to other suggestions). Because we are a governement agency, our workstations have machine and user policies and desktop configurations that get applied to the workstations automatically upon joining our domain via GPOs and SMS. Certain system files and folder permissions may be locked down for security reasons therefor I was wondering is someone has a list of files and folders that Adobe CS5 needs access to upon startup in order to properly function?
If anyone would like more details or information please let me know and I'll try to be more specific.
Thanks in advance to all who take the time to read and help out!

I appreciate that you're trying to surmise what's different, and it's good that you have had success with similar/identical hardware. At least you know it can work.
However, I wouldn't bet just yet that it's a permissions issue. I'd think you should get a specific error if a locked-down file needed to be accessed, not a null pointer crash. The Photoshop installer should be setting up the proper permissions on its own files for it to run.
Is it exactly the same video card as the other computer, on which Photoshop works?
Are you sure the video drivers are up to date with the same version as on the other computer?
At exactly what point during startup does the failure occur (i.e., is the splash screen showing, and what does the status line in the splash screen say it's doing)?
-Noel

Default File and Folder Permissions

Hello everyone,
Is there anyway to set a default file/folder permissions for a parent folder and then if any new files or folders get created within that folder that files use 0644 and folder use 0755? I'm running MAMP for a localhost test site to run Joomla CMS, I have the parent folder set to 0755 but when ever I install a new extension in to Joomla the files are not writable. Is there a way I can set the main parant plublic_html / www folder to work like this for new child files and folders?
Thanks guys.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
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Does TM continue same backup file after restinalling osx?

I recently reinstalled snow leopard on my Macbook Pro 13 and migrated my user data thru migrating assistant. I reinstalled applications and when I select same time capsule for time machine, I noticed it backs up to the same TM file with my username.
The thing is after first backup, I entered TM, I could see all the dates prior the reinstallation, but most of the directories have this red "-" icon on them. I think it's some kind of permission thing.
So how do i get rid of the permission thing? Or is it better to start a fresh new file?

I think you've seen the downside to using +Migration Assistant+ instead of +Setup Assistant.+
Most likely, the account in question on the previous installation was the first user set up there. The system automatically assigns it UID (User ID) #501. Apparently, all file/folder permissions are identified with that number, not the account name.
When you set up the testing account on the new installation, it was assigned #501. So when you migrated the old user, it had to be reassigned to #502. The permissions on all the files migrated along with it were changed to #502, also.
But #502 on the new installation isn't recognized as the same one as #501 on the backups, so doesn't have access to those files.
Your best bet is to start over and use +Setup Assistant+ instead. That doesn't involve a temporary user account, so the UIDs on the transferred accounts can remain the same. Start with the green box in #19 of [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Note that anything you've installed since the migration will be erased, so you'll have to copy anything important elsewhere, then copy it back afterwards.

Why does my Mac keep getting the bouncing file folder when I plug in in the UK? It's costing £100 each time to fix it.

I can plug my Mac in to the wall at home and certain surge protectors, but for some reason and it's a costly thing to discover, but some surge protectors kill my Mac. I get the floating file folder with question mark and have to get the power strip inside replaced.
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It seems that you are experiencing some unusual problems with your electrical utility. I suggest that you get in touch with knowledgeable repair facility technicians and get their advice regarding a proper surge protector or a regulated power supply. Any electrical device that is subjected to extreme voltage spikes can be damaged.
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HT3964 What does a file folder with a question mark that appears upon startup?

What does a file folder with a question mark which appears on startup mean??

That folder with the question mark icon means that the MacBook can't find the boot directory. That can either mean it can't find the hard drive or the Operating System data on the hard drive is somehow corrupted.
With 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6 put your install DVD into the optical drive (CD/DVD drive) and reboot. Be sure to either use the disc that came with your Mac, or, if you installed a later Mac OS X version from disc, use the newer disc. As soon as you hear the boot chime, hold down the "c" key on your keyboard (or the Option Key until the Install Disk shows up) until the apple shows up. That will force your MacBook to boot from the install DVD in the optical drive.
Or if you are running 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion or 10.9 Mavericks, boot from the recovery partition (Command +R on boot) and use Disk Utility to repair your OS 10.7 or 10.8 partition.
When it does start up, you'll see a panel asking you to choose your language. Choose your language and press the Return key on your keyboard once. It will then present you with an Installation window. Completely ignore this window and click on Utilities in the top menu and scroll down to Disk Utility and click it. When it comes up is your Hard Drive in the list on the left?
If it is, then click on the Mac OS partition of your hard drive in the left hand list. Then select the First Aid Tab and run Repair Disk. The Repair Disk button won't be available until you've clicked on the Mac OS partition on your hard drive. If that repairs any problems run it again until the green OK appears and then run Repair Permissions. After repairing use Startup Disk from the same menu to choose your hard drive for restarting from your hard drive.
If your hard drive isn’t recognized in Disk Utility then your hard drive is probably dead.

QTSS file and folder permissions

I am having a lot of problems getting QTSS and QTSS Publisher working correctly. I think this may be due to file and folder permissions. Does anyone know what the correct ownership and access settings should be for the folders containing my quicktime files?
Thanks.

Try setting the ownership and permissions of those files to the ones mentioned on the end of this page, which are: owner: qtss, group: admin, permissions for owner and group: Read & Write, and Read only for others.
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