Permissions and "apply to enclosed items"

Mac Pro 3.1
HD1: Systemdisk, OSX 10.7.5
HD2: Projectdisk
HD3: Studiodisk, OSX 10.6.8
Partition: Timemachinedisk
Partition: Backupdisk
HD4: Protoolsdisk, OSX 10.5.7
Partition: Lunadisk
I use Studiodisk and Protoolsdisk exclusively for audio work and they are set up just for that. I have disk images of them so I can quickly restore them if something should go wrong. I use Systemdisk for everything else. Keeping those two things separate is good for my workflow and reliability.
I had booted from Studiodisk. I wanted to give myself permission to write to that disk when booted from systemdisk. I don't remember exactly, but: I opened the "get info" on the studiodisk, changed the one that said "read only" to "read and write" and selected "apply to enclosed items". Entered my password and hit enter.
I know. This is probably THE most stupid thing you can do on a mac. And I immediately started to feel the consequences. (But at the time I thought: I'm planning to restore this disk from a disk image soon anyway so I'll just try it.)
The mac worked on the permissions for a couple of minutes. I let it finish, then I started to get error messages about system and library files that no longer could be used, and icons on the desktop started to disappear. After hitting enter on 15 to 20 of these error messages I forced a restart with the power button, held down the option key, and selected to boot from Systemdisk (Lion).
The apple and spinning wheel showed up, everything looked good until the point where the desktop would have been displayed. Instead I had only a grey screen and a (working) pointer.
Booting from Protoolsdisk (Leopard), same thing, only blue screen.
Booting from Studiodisk (SL), just apple logo and spinning wheel.
Booting from OSX install disk 10.5.4, everything works as expected, and I use Disk Utilities to restore Studiodisk from image on Lunadisk, and Protoolsdisk from image on Backupdisk. I restore Systemdisk from Time Machine backup on Timemachinedisk.
Now, when booting from Studiodisk or Protoolsdisk everything works as expected except: I cannot access any of the four disks without any OS installed. I never seen this before. The error message when I click on a disk in the finder side panel: (Translated from norwegian) The folder can't be opened because you don't have the permission to show the content.
And, if I try to boot from Systemdisk I get a kernel panic right away. I tried to restore several times. Repaired permissions. Even repaired permissions before booting after restoring.
So, Studiodisk and Protoolsdisk working, probably because the data inside the disk images was untouched, Systemdisk not working because Timemachine files was altered in the permissions change. "Enclosed items", could they perhaps include aliases of the other disks and that's why all the disks were affected?
So my two questions:
1. How can I get access to the four non-OS disks again?
and
2. Is there any way of repairing the ownership and permissions on the Timemachine backup before I restore the data.
My Terminal experience is limited to copy/paste basically…
I guess I see myself booting from the OSX install disk, typing commands in Terminal that sets exact ownership and permissions to all files on a disk giving me access to them, then in Disk Utilities Repairing permissions to give the system files back their right permissions.
Any help…
Thank you.
Ben.

I solved my issues.
I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly what solved the thing with the non-OS disks, because I lost the link, but it was two simple sudo commands in Terminal. Something with tilde-R
The kernel panic on the restored lion disk was due to me booting from a leopard install disk when restoring. Using a Lion disk worked.

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never use "apply to enclosed items" on ANY system created folders. that includes your home directory, your desktop folder, Applications folder etc. use it ONLY on folders you make yourself.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1334?viewlocale=en_US
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There is an archived thread on this issue but with no resolution. When I want to change permissions on the contents of a folder, very often the "Apply to enclosed items" button (in the Get Info Permissions panel) is grayed out.
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You'll only be able to apply permissions to children folders using the Finder's interface (via the Get Info or Inspector window) if you're the file's POSIX owner or if otherwise your Effective Permissions return this control (e.g. the ability to perform writesecurity and chown via an applicable ACL entry).
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In a nutshell:
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2. Did all subsequent upgrades to 10.5.2
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ACL found but not expected on "cores".
ACL found but not expected on "Network".
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ACL found but not expected on ".".
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Message was edited by: Dick Young

Here they are:
drwxrwxr-x+ 99 root admin 3366 Apr 17 18:19 /Applications
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxrwxr-t+ 54 root admin 1836 Apr 17 14:42 /Library
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I greatly appreciate your help. This whole Unix permissions thing is terra incognito to me, and that makes it a bit scary.

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I recently discovered a severe Security issue with the windows sharing an permission settings:
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2. I set the permissions of the drive to admin RW, parental R and Everyone to "no access"
3. I apply to enclosed Items
4. I set the permission of the Temp folder to admin RW, parental RW and Everyone to "no access"
5. I apply to enclosed Items
6. I go to "File Sharing" in the Preferences and activate SMB sharing for both users
7. I delete all previous shares
8. I add the Disk and use the proposed permissions which are admin RW, parental R, Everyone "no access"
9. I add the Temp folder and use the proposed permissions which are admin RW, parental RW, Everyone "no access" - Funny, there is a new Group called "Temp" created which has custom access on both sharepoints
10. I connect to the mac over a Windows machine (NTLM auth set appropriatly). Now I try to create a folder on the root of the Disk share, I get a denied message.
BUT WHEN I GO INTO A SUBFOLDER (eg. ITUNES or IPHOTO), WHICH HAS ALSO JUST "R" PERMISSION FOR THE PARENTAL USER, I AM ABLE TO RW, DELETE AND DO EVERYTHING!!!
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Becuase you changed all the permissions denying you the ability to delete the files.
and how do I stop it?
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Go to the Utilities menu and select Terminal
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sudo fsaclctl -p / -e
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sudo chmod +a "UserName allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file,\
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/path/to/your/shared/folder
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HI,
Make sure you are logged in as the admin user.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon then click: Get Info
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Close the Get Info window.
Carolyn

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Now when a user accesses a file nested in Pub_shares, that file usually becomes owned by that user and the group membership may change from PubGroup and may undergo a change to "Read only" or "No Access." Since all members of PubGroup should have Read & Write access to files in Pub_shares, this is a problem. All files in Pub_shares, regardless of who last touched them, should remain:
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I've read some about Ownership & Permissions. I've seen it suggested that an admin set up an automated task, say to run every 3 minutes; that task checks file ownership and permissions and, if different, changes the values recursively to those shown above, such that:
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What do I need here? An Automator workflow? A shell script? AppleScript? Cron? launchd? How do I put this together? I don't know the syntax or the expressions to use. Any help is much much appreciated. [Note again: My "server" runs Tiger 10.4.9.] Thanks.

..."I have some Windows users (trying) to access shared files. Will the afp inheritance options stand up to a Windows user?"...
No the afp inherit settings won't apply to windows sharing, but I think there are equivalent settings that can be applied to smb.
..."I thought, too, I'd read somewhere that inheritance options use the topmost volume folder to set inheritance patterns."...
I am not able to double-check this for Tiger, but I don't think that is the case. As far as I know, with those settings enabled (and it doesn't work reliably if only one is enabled) permissions and ownership should be inherited from the folder that the items are added to.
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Sorry I missed that point in your earlier post. The above would cause complications if a user were to move items from the private area to the public area. The inheritance only applies to when files are created, so something moved from the private area to the public area would retain its original permissions. To make it work, the public and private areas would have to be set up as separate shares, rather sharing the whole volume.

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We have a problem with file permissions and adobe software. In Illustrator and Photoshop I can open files from the 10.4.7-server that are opened by another user at the same time and in Indesign, in the contrary, I cannot open any file on the server. Always error "no rights" or "is opened by another user", also if logged in as admin.
In MS Word for Mac we have no problem, if a file is open (Word) and I try to open the same file on another workstation, error "is open" is showed correctly. We have 3 10.4.7-Workstations and a 10.4.7-server on a G4/800. Can anyone help?

Assuming you're connecting via AFP, this may help:
1. Start with current updates: Update your client and server software to version 10.4.8. Update Photoshop CS2 to 9.0.2, Illustrator CS2 to 12.0.1, and InDesign CS2 to 4.0.4.
2. In Illustrator and Photoshop I can open files from the 10.4.7-server that are opened by another user at the same time.
This is actually not normal. Instruct your users to avoid opening files simultaneously, as this will result in lost data.
If you have SMB/CIFS access to the same share point, disable oplocks; allow only strict file locks.
If you've disabled the lock manager for AFP, re-enable it. It's enabled by default in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleFileServer.plist.
3. For InDesign documents that won't open, delete their corresponding lock files. Whenever InDesign CS or CS2 opens an .indd or .inx file, it creates a corresponding .idlk file that simply serves to flag the .indd/.inx file as open. If File.indd won't open, locate and delete File.idlk and try again. The lock file will be stored in the same folder as the document.
4. Double-check your file permissions. Start by verifying the filesystems (Disk Utility/First Aid tab/Repair Volume button) of the server volume that houses the affected share point(s). You'll have to disable sharing to do so.
Ensure that your permissions are correct, and adjust them as necessary. Consider using an ACL to apply read/write access for users or groups, because ACLs offer the superior inheritance model. See my ACL Tips post (http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=1732788) if you haven't already.
You may also find my posting regarding permission assignments and changes for newly-created items, copied items, or moved items: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=654236&tstart=30
--Gerrit

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