Locking up a File or Folder?

I know that I can secure my entire computer with an admin password, and I can secure my Home Folder with FileVault, but what if I only want to secure one file, or one folder?
Is there a program within OS X or a third party program that would secure an individual folder or file with a password so the file or folder could not be opened without the password?
Not only do I need to protect the file from being changed, but I also need to be able to keep that file from even being read.
Thanks, Panther

Hello! You might want to consider an encrypted disk image or the app SecretFolder. Tom
AppleEncrypted DiskImage
SecretFolder

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Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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Lock file or folder?

Is there a way to lock a file or folder - requiring a password to access it?
(making a secure note in Keychain Access is the only way I know)
thanks
Pete

Hard to see how a Mac-user would find much use in a bit of Windows software.
Fortunately, there are Mac solutions. Here's one: Open Disk Utility, click New Image. Set up things the way you want, with Encryption set to anything other than None and Image Format to "sparse bundle disk image". This creates an encrypted disk image. Open the disk image to mount a "disk" on the desktop. As long as it's there, you can read from and write to it. Put any files you want encrypted in there. When you are done, "eject" the disk image and it locks up tight. Only the password will open it back up at that point.

Can't upload file to Sharepoint "The URL is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web.

Hello,
I do database/SharePoint upgrades for SQL and or SharePoint or moving to new servers frequently. In a nutshell, I backup the database (run the upgrade tools if necessary), load new server and sql software and restore the db, load but
not configure SharePoint, and add the content db that was resotred through powershell. I have never had any big issues with this before. This time, I have done this same procedure as there is a new domain and new server.  Server and
SQL 2008R2 and SharePoint 2010 on both old and new servers - just new server and new domain. I have done this twice now (as it is a virtual server) and I have the same issue. I can't check anything in or upload anything new. I get the error
- The URL '<path to the file and filename>' is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web. I have made sure
that my database and log files are on a drive that has plenty of space (db is not restricted to grow). I have made sure my database is not locked. I have checked to see that I don't have version in my indexed columns in that library (I
don't have any). I have checked that my recycle bin is on in central admin. I am not using RBS. I have turned on verbose logging and found the following when I searched on the correlation ID from the error message - it is saying invalid
column name extension. I am not sure what to do at this point. I can see there is a column in SQL called extension in the AllDocs table. Thanks.
09/16/2014 10:41:44.84 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Logging Correlation Data      xmnv Medium Name=Request (POST:http://sqlsp:80/disc/_layouts/checkin.aspx?List=%7B5219EA15-A36A-4162-A188-4B8D518D7E79%7D&FileName=%2Fdisc%2FJigs%20and%20Fixtures%2FJigs%20and%20Fixtures%2FAssembly%2F30%20Assembly%2DGeneral%2FJ30XXA50%2D00%2Easm&IsDlg=1) 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:44.85 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Logging Correlation Data      xmnv Medium Site=/ 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Database                      d0d6 High    System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid column name 'Extension'.
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)     at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj)     at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior
runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.HasMoreResults()     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.NextResult()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSqlClient.ExecuteQueryInternal(Boolean retryfordeadlock)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSqlClient.ExecuteQuery(Boolean retryfordeadlock) 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Database                      d0d6 High    System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid column name 'Extension'.
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)     at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj)     at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior
runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.HasMoreResults()     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.NextResult()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSqlClient.ExecuteQueryInternal(Boolean retryfordeadlock)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSqlClient.ExecuteQuery(Boolean retryfordeadlock) 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
General                       8kh7 High    The URL 'Jigs and Fixtures/Jigs and Fixtures/Assembly/30 Assembly-General/J30XXA50-00.asm'
is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web. 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
General                       9mpn High    File exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The URL 'Jigs and
Fixtures/Jigs and Fixtures/Assembly/30 Assembly-General/J30XXA50-00.asm' is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
(0x81020030): The URL 'Jigs and Fixtures/Jigs and Fixtures/Assembly/30 Assembly-General/J30XXA50-00.asm' is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.CheckInFile(String bstrUrl, String bstrWebRelativeUrl, Int32 iCheckinType, String bstrCheckinComment, Boolean bIsMigrate, Int32 iEditorId, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pRestrictInsertCallback, ISP2DSafe... 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01* w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
General                       9mpn High    ...ArrayWriter pUniqueFieldCallback)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CheckInFile(String
bstrUrl, String bstrWebRelativeUrl, Int32 iCheckinType, String bstrCheckinComment, Boolean bIsMigrate, Int32 iEditorId, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pRestrictInsertCallback, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pUniqueFieldCallback)     --- End of inner exception
stack trace ---     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleComException(COMException comEx)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CheckInFile(String bstrUrl, String bstrWebRelativeUrl, Int32 iCheckinType, String
bstrCheckinComment, Boolean bIsMigrate, Int32 iEditorId, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pRestrictInsertCallback, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pUniqueFieldCallback)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.CheckIn(String comment, SPCheckinType checkInType, Boolean
b... 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01* w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
General                       9mpn High    ...IsMigrate, SPUser modifiedBy) 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Runtime                       tkau Unexpected System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The URL 'Jigs and Fixtures/Jigs and
Fixtures/Assembly/30 Assembly-General/J30XXA50-00.asm' is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web.    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.CheckInFile(String
bstrUrl, String bstrWebRelativeUrl, Int32 iCheckinType, String bstrCheckinComment, Boolean bIsMigrate, Int32 iEditorId, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pRestrictInsertCallback, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pUniqueFieldCallback)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CheckInFile(String
bstrUrl, String bstrWebRelativeUrl, Int32 iCheckinType, String bstrCheckinComment, Boolean bIsMigrate, Int32 iEditorId, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter pRestrictInsertCallback, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter ... 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.01* w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Runtime                       tkau Unexpected ...pUniqueFieldCallback) 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f
09/16/2014 10:41:45.03 w3wp.exe (0x208C)                       0x1814 SharePoint Foundation
Monitoring                    b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Request (POST:http://sqlsp:80/disc/_layouts/checkin.aspx?List=%7B5219EA15-A36A-4162-A188-4B8D518D7E79%7D&FileName=%2Fdisc%2FJigs%20and%20Fixtures%2FJigs%20and%20Fixtures%2FAssembly%2F30%20Assembly%2DGeneral%2FJ30XXA50%2D00%2Easm&IsDlg=1)).
Execution Time=182.518658097607 88fb3615-c87c-4a7c-8e83-d63a551a9b8f

I have fixed it. I did a backup of the database and log file 2 times. I also did an upgrade-spcontentdatabase command in the sharepoint powershell. Not sure why it worked, but I had read online about upgrade issues from WSS2 to WSS3 to 2010
and I thought maybe something did not fully get upgraded even though this has been in use for 2 years since the upgrade.

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

HT4236 I'm trying to recover my lock screen picture file.

I'm trying to recover my lock screen picture file. It is a very important picture to me and I cannot find it in the backup (not that it might not be there, I just can't find it). What do I need to do to recover this file?
If it where the wallpaper I would just screen shot it, but unfortunetly it has all the extra stuff on it.

Try deleting your iPod Photo Cache folder. See:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1314

What Unix command is used to assert a file or folder's color label assignment?

I'm doing some scripting to automate processes on my XSan. One of the functions I find I'm doing over and over frequently is changing file ownership, permissions, changing the color of the parent folder based on the status of the files in it, and then locking the file. I know the UNIX equivalents for three of the four commands:
chown-- for the file ownership
chmod-- for the permissions
chflags-- for the lock bit
but I've been looking through man pages all day and can't find what command asserts the file or folder's "label" color attribute. I'd rather do this in command line that in Automator, as it's faster and I have hundreds of folders containing files that I need to lock down. My boss is considering replacing XSAN with Compellent, and I'm trying to show how easy MacOS is to manage when you can script everything involved in maintaining it. This will go a long way towards making that case.

Wrong forums. Try https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_technologies#/?tagSet=10 48

Offline Files and folder redirection technology

Is DFS-R used for Offline file sync between Windows 7 and a Windows 2008 servers? i am trying to see if i can move my redirected folders to a EMC NAS device. But i am thinking i need SMB and DFS-R for this?
I cant much material about the technology using for offline files or folder redirection
Can someone help?

Hi,
You can safely use DFS Replication and Offline Files together in scenarios when there is only one user at a time who writes to the files. This is useful for users who travel between two branch offices and want to be able to access their files at either
branch or while offline. Offline Files caches the files locally for offline use and DFS Replication replicates the data between each branch office.
Do not use DFS Replication with Offline Files in a multi-user environment because DFS Replication does not provide any distributed locking mechanism or file checkout capability. If two users modify the same file at the same time on different servers,
DFS Replication moves the older file to the DfsrPrivate\ConflictandDeleted folder (located under the local path of the replicated folder) during the next replication.
For more detailed information, please refer to the article below:
DFS Replication: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Deploy Folder Redirection with Offline Files
Best regards,
Susie
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Locked out with file vault. Did fix by setting up new user account but cannot access old account with files but I can't get back into my old account with all my doc's and pics

I was locked out by File Vault. I set up a new account by fooling the notebook it was a new start up. Now I cannot access my old account with all of my files. I can see it in Accounts but it will not let me access. Help

I managed to get a few Time Machine Back Ups before I passed away
I'm not sure whether a ghost can do this, but if you were still alive, you could do as follows.
First make sure you have read & write access to the folder you're trying to restore to. You should be able to see its contents in the Finder, and to move files in and out of it.
This is an exception to the rule that you should never make any changes to backup data. I've tested this procedure in OS X 10.8 only. It should work with later versions, but I don't know whether it works in earlier versions. Use it only for files that were backed up from your home folder, or a folder on another volume created by you, and would normally be writable by you. Do not touch backups of system or application files.
In the Finder (not in the time-travel view), navigate to the backup volume, then to the folder named "Backups.backupdb", and then to the snapshot you want to restore from. The snapshots are folders labeled with the date when they were created. Inside each of those folders is a file hierarchy like the one on the volume that was backed up. Descend through the hierarchy until you come to a folder named "Users," and inside that, a folder with your user name. The procedure will be different if you're trying to restore files on another volume.
Select the folder and open the Info dialog (command-I). Click the padlock icon in the lower right corner of the window and authenticate. In the Sharing & Permissions section, give your account Read & Write access. You may have to close the dialog and repeat this step in order for the change to show up. Then click the gear icon and select
Apply to Enclosed Items
from the popup menu.
Try the restore operation again, in the time-travel interface.

Bring back colored file and folder names

The dots have got to go!!! Make them an option if you need to, but GIVE US BACK THE HIGHLIGHTING OF FILE NAMES, FOLDER NAMES, AND FOLDERS!!!!!!!!
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS --- THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA

These are user-to-user forums where everyday folk (volunteers) post questions and offer answers (technical support) to each other.
Apple involvement. Apple may respond to questions but does not formally provide technical support on the Site. Any information that is provided by Apple or Apple employees is offered on an "AS IS" basis without warranties of any kind.
Post your concerns in the Product Feedback forum.
Posting in CAPS LOCK Is often seen as screaming and is not appreciated. It's also very hard to read.

Application.cfc & locking down media files

Hi,
I've used a login framework for the Application.cfc (from
Forta's CF8 book chapter 23). It successfully locks down .cfm
files, but media/image files such as .jpg are still unsecure.
What am I missing to make sure that even no matter what's in
the folder, whether it be .jpg, .gif, .mov, .swf, etc... will only
be accessible if the site visitor has the proper login credentials?
I could probably "lock" the media files away in a database
structure, but that's not very efficient. I'm sure CF8 has an easy
way to handle this that I just don't know about.
Thank you for your help!

Azadi wrote:
> the only secure way to not allow access to a web content
is to not put
> it on the web. cf never processes those 'media' files
you mention - it
> is your web server that handles requests for them.
>
> so either:
> a) move those files into non-web-accessible part of your
server and
> serve them with cf via file system interaction
tags/functions and
> cfcontent/cfherader combinations
> b) configure cf to process those files instead of your
web server
>
> mind you, both options above may add significant
processing overhead to
> your application, so balance the need to secure access
to those files
> and your app performance wisely...
>
As well as these CF solutions mentioned by Azadi, you can
look into the
security options of your web server and try to apply them.
These work
differently then the ColdFusion based solution, but they get
to the same
end.

Hi,delete file from folder?

hi,i am deleting file from folder as follwos
<%@ page import="java.io.File" %>
<%
File myFile = new File("D:\\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18\\webapps\\ROOT\\upload_files\\xyz.txt");
myFile.delete();
%>
i am sucessfuly deleted file from above path.
if i use follwing code i unable to delete my file, can one help,
how to do it,
<%@ page import="java.io.File" %>
<%
String fname="xyz.txt";
File myFile = new File("D:\\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18\\webapps\\ROOT\\upload_files\\'"+fname+"'");
myFile.delete();
%>
thanks
pullareddy

i think if above doesn't work try this it should work
change this line
File myFile = new File("D:\\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18\\webapps\\ROOT\\upload_files\\'"+fname+"'");
to this
File myFile = new File("D:\\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18\\webapps\\ROOT\\upload_files\\"+fname);

Delete file from folder only (not from list)

Hi all,
I've searched a lot and didn't succeed so far, that's why I need your help. In a cloud context, I'm actually creating and uploading files (pdf and/or xml files) "on the go" to sharepoint folders via the SOAP API and this is perfectly working. But
in a cloud context, I also need to decomission services which is translated into deleting files into Sharepoint.
That's where it became complicated, because according to the API we cannot delete files if they are not part of a list structure, which is not my case. Is that true ?
The only info I have when trying to delete a file via the SOAP Api is : its name, its folder, and the endpoint where the folder is. So my question remains simple I guess : is this possible ? If so, how to (a link to the SOAP body would be usefull)
Thanks a lot
Regards
Baptiste

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you want to delete file from folder.
In SharePoint 2010, It is recommended to use Client Object Model to achieve it, the following code snippet for your reference:
string siteURL = "http://siteurl";
ClientContext context = new ClientContext(siteURL);
//specific user
NetworkCredential credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password", "domain");
context.Credentials = credentials;
Web web = context.Web;
context.Load(web);
context.ExecuteQuery();
string relativeUrl =web.ServerRelativeUrl +"/DocumentLibraryName/FolderName/FileName";
File file = web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(relativeUrl);
context.Load(file);
file.DeleteObject();
context.ExecuteQuery();
If you still want to use SOAP API, we can use the UpdateListItems method under Lists web service to achieve it.
http://www.dhirendrayadav.com/2010/06/delete-list-items-using-web-service.html
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/61466984-1844-48a1-8c1e-1c59a0f9876a/move-and-delete-files-remotely-using-sharepoint-web-services-?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy
Thanks,
Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support
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[Solved] Error : The file or folder path /Probl?me 1 does not exist

Hello,
I encountered this error
The file or folder <path>/Probl?me 2 does not exist
while I was trying to open a directory already extracted from a zip file containing directories with special characters. In this case, it is a "è" that was misinterpreted as a "?".
I searched the forums and on google, the solutions proposed do not work for me. Although, I have to deal with these files written in french, I would like to have my locale in english (US), with a system wide support for special characters.
Attempt 1: Adding the option : iocharset=utf8 into the fstab, like this :
fstab :
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/fl auto user,noauto 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/24ba75ac-e52d-40eb-a599-83b394b500b2 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/disk/by-uuid/c797f409-00bc-479a-b4d6-ab49943f644b / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/disk/by-uuid/668427a8-5f51-42bd-a316-fc7984bf5f4f /var ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/417cd1b7-8f06-414b-84d5-e8714d9646ab /home ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/disk/by-uuid/ef9aa00e-0515-4d7b-aa23-8096e787250d /usr ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/disk/by-uuid/17d401b7-2fc7-4d9f-8e17-657d86926d2e /tmp ext4 defaults,iocharset=utf8 0 0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
/dev/disk/by-uuid/71e543b6-e06c-4b0e-b1e3-3b491ff1fefe /var/cache/pacman/repos ext4 defaults 0 2
#/dev/sda12 /mnt/archive ext4 defaults 0 2
#.host:/ /mnt/hgfs vmhgfs defaults 0 0
This solution does not work, because after adding iocharset=utf8, in front or after a "defaults", after a reboot, while mounting the filesystem, there is the following error message:
Mounting Locale Filesystem :
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
$ dmesg | tail
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
EXT4-fs (sda6): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
EXT4-fs (sda8): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
EXT4-fs (sda9): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
EXT4-fs (sda10): Unrecognized mount option "iocharset=utf8" or missing value <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
EXT4-fs (sda11): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Adding 2104476k swap on /dev/sda7. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2104476k
tg3 0000:07:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
Attempt 2: Changing all the locale features in KDE and in /etc/rc.conf as well.
$ vim /etc/rc.conf
LOCALE="fr_CA.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK=""
TIMEZONE="America/Montreal"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
It is complicated to remove these directories. I had to use the inum to get precisely these directories before removing them.
$ ls -il
total 8
1577566 drwxr-xr-x 2 [username] [username] 4096 28 jan 07:09 Probl?me 1
1577573 drwxr-xr-x 2 [username] [username] 4096 28 jan 07:09 Probl?me 2
$ find . -inum 1577566 -exec rm -i {} \;
rm: impossible de supprimer « ./Probl\212me 1 »: est un dossier
Note that the hypothetical character 'è' is represented has a '\212', a 'È' if seen as a extended ASCII character.
These directories cannot be deleted this way :
$ rm -r Problème\ 1
rm: cannot remove `Problème 1': No such file or directory
or
$ rm -r ProblÈme\ 1
rm: cannot remove `ProblÈme 1': No such file or directory
What should I do to be make the operating system recognize those special character, and interpret them correctly ?
Last edited by ramboman (2011-01-29 21:45:50)

I found a working solution, but better solution are also welcome
I had to have fr_CA not only in utf8 but also in iso88591. I had to modify the /etc/rc.conf this way :
LOCALE="fr_CA" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
HARDWARECLOCK=""
TIMEZONE="America/Montreal"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
To preserve the english US language system wide, I had to add the following line in the /etc/profile :
# Allow french special character while in en_US
export LANG=en_US
The character misinterpreted by a "?" is now seen :
as a "è" in dolphin
as a "?" in the console
It is now possible to access the folders.

Does simple file and folder sharing on an iMac work with OSX Server?

Hi There
I wonder if I should install OSX Server on an iMac wher several users work on the same files and folders.
My question - before I do something I might regret:
Does simple file and folder sharing on an iMac within several users really work with the help of OSX Server?
All I want to be able to do:
Admin creates a new folder1 and gives it read- and write access for user1 and user2.
User1 creates a subfolder1 in folder1, and a document1 in subfolder1.
User2 edits document1. Later Admin edits document1.
All these simple editing of files and folders (and subfolders) within a main folder should be possible. This is not possible now.
Is everything clear? I'm not a network specialist or something, I just want to give some co-workers access to some data on my computer without problems.

So what you need are recursive permissions.
I suggest you create a group and add user1 and user2 to that group. You can name that group whatever you want, but for now i will call it FSUsers
Execute this in terminal. Replace FSUsers with your new group
sudo chmod -R +a "FSUsers allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextat tr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /Users/Shared/*
Replace /Users/Shared with the location of your shared folder. Make sure you keep the /* at the end (this allows all subfolders and files to get the same permissions.
If you need to add people to the share just add them to the FSUsers group, the FSUsers group should should also be allowed in the sharing preferences.

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