PRESERVING PERMISSIONS - when making an external boot drive

hi
Someone in a previous thread i posted some time ago mentioned that i need to make sure my premissions are preserved when i come round to creating an external boot volume on my external lacie hd.
1. I think he was refering to the 'ignore permissions' check box in 'info' ? but i
am unsure what to do here re; to check it or leave it unchecked.
2. can anyone explain what this means so i can understand the logic of the
permissions instruction ?
thanks for your time
didier
eMac 800MHz Power PC G4 Superdrive   Mac OS X (10.3.8)  

Hi
martinR
Thats becoming alot clearer......
A couple of things
1. If i must leave the 'ignore permissions' box unchecked for the bootable volume i create, then what permissions selection should i have selected in the drop down menu box above it ? I am assuming 'read and write.' ?
2. i'm assuming that after answering this...if i set it all up, when i come to booting from the external volume it will ask my for my password and user name , as is common, and that is what you refer to when you mention the os x security.
Just out of interest:
3 what is an administrator - like for if i want to use the terminal there's this thing about needing to be an administrator.........?
4 by the way, since this site has been redesigned i noticed this week that i didn't get any emails telling me that replies had been posted to my questions.
Could you just confirm that i must have in my settings :
Always subscribe to topics I create: set to Yes (this were on default - no)
Always subscribe to topics I reply to: set to Yes (this was on default - no)
Send subscription emails: set to , in my case - immediately.
sorry to bug you, it's just i recognise your name from previous posts i have made so thought you may be a bit of a pro
thanks 4 yr time
d

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