Restoring a backed up lrcat after a crashed drive?

I found my lrcat file on my cloud backup but having trouble getting LR5 to open it. Error reads: "The Lightroom catalog cannot be used because the parent folder "Users/folderA/Desktop/Users/FolderA/Documents" does not allow files to be created with it. Please either fix the folder permissions before continuing or choose a different catalog." How do I change folder permissions and if so what should they be to satisfy LR. Tons of work involved in that lrcat so its important I can restore it.

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