Propagate Permissions grayed out
Hi,
I recently have taken over a Mac file server, os version 10.4.10. I have a sharpoint named DOCUMENTS. I am trying to add a group to that sharepoint. The problem is that propagate permissions is grayed out. I've logged in using root and as the user who created the folder, but still no luck.
As a test, I created another folder (TEST) under that sharepoint, then a subfolder (TEST2). So it looks like DOCUMENTS/TEST/TEST2. I added a user to TEST. Propagate permissions is still grayed out.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there another way to get this to work?
The rights you want to propagate cannot include root. This is one reasone why the button will be grayed.
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