Passwords in Finder

Question

Hi,
A few days ago, I must have enabled something that I didn't mean to. All of a sudden, I am now getting password requests when I am moving things into the trash, moving in and out of folders, etc...
I have looked under Finder prefs and system prefs, and can't find any settings of that sort.
This is really annoying, so can anyone help?
--Christoph

Answer 1

Follow petrock's instructions:
chmod -R -a "everyone deny delete" ~/
Note: This will remove the 'everyone deny delete' ACE (access control entry) from all files and folders in your home directory, the next command will add it back to where it needs to be
chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~/ ~/Desktop ~/Documents ~/Downloads ~/Library ~/Movies ~/Music ~/Pictures ~/Public ~/Public/Drop\ Box ~/Sites
Note: This only applies the 'everyone deny delete' ACE to the folders listed, not their contents. These folders are required by the system, this ACE prevents you (or anyone else) from renaming, moving or deleting them (because they are required by the OS).
Just copy/paste the bold text, one at a time, into a Terminal window (/Applications/Utilities) and press return. That should do it.
Good luck!
Message was edited by: joshz