Set "Ignore ownership on this volume" to be on by default

Hello, I have a MacPro loaded with 10.5 server that I use frequently for backing up customer data via USB or Firewire. The MacPro is in a locked room and is relatively isolated from the network. I am looking for a way to set "Ignore ownership on this volume" to be checked by default for any/all drives I plug into the machine. This would be a huge time save for me. Thank you!

Hi Alfredo,
I can't test this at the moment, but I have a theory!
One would think that setting iTunes to a FW Dive would need to change the Permissions to control Sharing of iTunes content.
My iTunes was set to another internal drive and had the same Ignore unchecked and owned by system, I unchecked it and changed it back to my boot drive, the Get Info change Me to owner & kept the Ignore checked... setting it back to the other Drive did not change those settings, but I suspect that a Reboot would... how else could Apple control Sharing of songs?

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Hello,
I just switched over from Photoshop CS3 pc platform to the MAC version, and it gives me the message that I can't save what I've I've just done - I have my photo files on an external Seagate Free Agent Hard Disk - When I followed the instructions to "Select Disk/Choose File/Get Info/Click Disclosure Triangle next to Sharing & Permissions" - Then after I did all of this, there was no option to select "Ignore ownership on this volume." Instead, the only thing it said was, This is read only."
Surely, I don't have to give permission to save each and every file - This is a very serious hobby for me, but I am doing it out of my home, and no one else at this time uses my computer.
Before submitting this request, I called Apple support first, and they tried doing a Disk scan and repair of the permissions, but this was only for the internal Macintosh HD drive, not the external one that is related to this incident.
Thanks For Your Help ahead of time!
Also, this might should be saved for another separate question, but I had to set change my resolution to 1920 X 1200 - The text, etc, was much too large for especially doing anything in Photoshop. This new iMac has a 3.06/4 GB RAM/1 TB internal HD/NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Graphics Card.

Buko-
To tell you the truth - and I apologize for that statement - I woke up early this morning, and it hit me that I took what Lundberg02 said earlier the wrong way! So, I couldn't wait to get back on and apologize to him and all of you - And I hope that you will forgive me.
When I think about it now, perhaps he is right - This may not have been a pertinent place for me to insert this question. But after spending a long time with Apple about it, and then Seagate - I decided that the only other place I could go was to ask you guys. I thought, perhaps someone here had encountered the same problem when switching from pc to Mac platform. But perhaps I shouldn't have.
Actually, Seagate - I think - solved the problem, at least this erase procedure was working after two hours - until I decided that I'd cancel it, and take it back to Costco for a refund, which I did. And the Seagate rep told me that he didn't blame me, because the drive was getting a little old, and if I used their warranty program, I'd probably gotten a refurbished one, anyway. So, all of this trouble I've put you good people through has gone "for naught".
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"ignore ownership on this volume" not available

I have a large external (Firewire) volume that is in the process of converting to core storage (FileVault) encryption. (I did not want to convert it, but did so by accident). It has been converting for a couple of days, and I have days more until the conversion is finished.
Currently the permissions on the volume (as I said, it is an external volume) are completely whacked out
* "Ignore ownership on this volume" is NOT available in the Finder Get Info window
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     You have custom access
     Name             Privledge
     <Fetching>     Read & write
     staff               Read only
     everyone        Read only
That is, it can't seem to figure out who the owner is for most of the files and folders. This means I cannot easily write files on the disk.
Any thoughts other than (1) wait for encryption to finish and see if the problem goes away or (2) restore from back-ups? Restoring takes a couple of days, so I'd rather not do that.

I attempted to uncheck ignore ownership for the same reason you describe for DiskWarrior 4.1. I followed the instructions in the panel "to unckeck ignore ownership for DW v 4.1". But since ignore ownership is not listed under Sharing & Permissions, I failed. Ignore ownership, as far as I can see, is no longer an option under Sharing & Permissions. I recall some one saying this was so, but at the time I did not pay enough attention to the remark.

HT202380 Do I have to check "Ignore ownership on this volume" again, after copying is done?

Do I have to check "Ignore ownership on this volume" again, after copying is done? Thanks. Alex

Sorry I thought the context was clear. I followed the instructions on how to transfer a timemachine backup from one disk to another (linked above). One step in the howto is to uncheck "Ignore ownership on this volume". I was wondering if it is important to check it afterwards.

HT5096 Suggestion - At No 6, after "...section is not checked." add "If you do not see "Ignore ownership on this volume", make sure that you have unlocked the lock at bottom right (it's ok for the techies of the world but many of us need as much info as p

Suggestion - At No 6, after "...section is not checked"., add "If you do not see Ignore ownership on this volume, make sure that you unlocked the lock at bottom right." - it's OK for the techies of the world but many of us need as much info as possible.

Wrong forum. Post to Time Machine feedback.

Problem moving Time Machine backup in Mavericks (missing "Ignore ownership on this volume")

In order to move Time Machine backup it is necessary to Make sure "Ignore ownership on this volume" at the bottom of the "Sharing & Permissions:" section is not checked.
However, this option has disappeared from Volume info window after upgrading to Mavericks 10.9.
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Thank you.

Once you're in the TM interface you will see a basically normal Finder window (with a lot of weird graphics, hence its other name The Star Wars interface )
On the right of the screen is the timeline allowing you to move backward and forward in time. Once you find what you want you can select the files or folders and restore.
As in the normal Finder multiple selections are allowed. I suggest you play around with it a bit at first and try restoring a file or a few files or folders just to get a feel for it.
good luck
regards

PS CS4 Scratch Disk Ownership on this Volume Problems

I have a second hard drive selected as a scratch disk for Photoshop CS4 but PS won't start unless a check is put in the box "Ignore ownership on this volume". However that won't stay checked and I keep having to go into "Get Info" and rechecking that box. That check box is not on my main boot drive but it seems to be on every other drive. This wasn't an issue for a long time and then suddenly it started happening recently even though I haven't made any changes to my setup. Any ideas how to make that setting stick??

As long as you understand the security risk there's no other reason for avoiding that option. However, as long as you are the only one writing to these other drives, then there's no need to ignore permissions. You would always have access to your own files.

Why I can't see "Ignore Permissions on this volume" option on folder info?

Why I can't see "Ignore Permissions on this volume" option on folder info?
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Not every drive supports that option and I have never seen it on a folder.

With OSX 10.8.5 The backup can't be copied because the backup volume doesn't have ownership enabled. how do i enable if i dont see the ignore ownership option?

With OSX 10.8.5, there is NO check box to ignore ownership on this volume. What can I do? I can't copy the Backups.backupdb files to a new bigger backup disk.
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Old Macmini ignores ownership on external HD's, new Macmini does not.

Hi - my old Mac mini has a couple of external HD's set to "ignore ownership on this volume", as they are just storing personal files, one backing up the other nightly. I transferred them to a new Macmini, only to find my backup software won't update from one external to the other (permissions type error messages), and the "ignore ownership on this volume" checkboxes on each are not checked, and greyed out.
I've tranferred the HD's back to the old Macmini, and presto the "ignore ownership on this volume" boxes are now checked again. How can I make this behaviour transfer safely to the new comp?

Thank you! I haven't yet dared try this, but I've found the following info that explains those commands in a fashion even I could understand - I take it this will work for all enclosed folders too? -
chmod stands for "Change Mode".
The numbers part is a little more complicated.... "777" is three numbers..to be nerdy and specific.. it is three 3 digit binary (base 2) numbers converted into three 1 digit octal (base 8) numbers.
The first number stands for "user", the second group stands for "group" and the final number stands for "other". There are three possible things that can be done with a file: read, write, and execute.. Here is a little reference:
execute = 001 in binary = 1 in octal
write = 010 in binary = 2 in octal
read = 100 in binary = 4 in octal
So where does the 7 come from?
7 in binary = 111 in decimal = read, write, execute
So you get:
read write execute = 111 = 1 + 2 + 4 = 7
read write no execute = 110 = 4 + 2 = 6
read no write execute = 101 = 4 + 1 = 5
read no write no execute = 100 = 4
no read write execute = 011 = 2 + 1 = 3
no read write no execute = 010 = 2
no read no write execute = 001 = 1
no read no write no execute = 000 = 0
<http://www.websitebabble.com/uploading-files-ftp/1667-what-chmod-777-a.html>
I'll have a go in the next few days (will need to switch the HD's back to the new comp first etc) when I'm feeling brave.
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Serious permissions problems again - on a drive marked ignore ownership?

I honestly do not understand what is happening to my Western Digital Caviar SE data drive - and it is really getting in the way of my professional use of this computer.
Several weeks ago I was getting random permissions-denials when trying to write data (specifically when saving files in logic). When I used the finder to test writing and reading from that folder, everything checked out. "Get Info" Permissions check out fine as well.
However, on advise from this forum I simply checked "Ignore Ownership" on that volume - which worked wonderfully for about a week. Now I am having a similar type of problem which does not seem logical:
First, I tried to save a photoshop file. I opened a file I had created many weeks ago, made a change, and tried to save - I got an error that says file is locked, or improper permissions. I tried and tried, but I ABSOLUTELY could not get a single permissions issue to crop up in any other application, under any other circumstance.... just photoshop (logic was fine, unlike before).
Yesterday I (perhaps foolishly) took this as a random error and moved my "Home" folder to my data drive, as I had intended to do before any of these problems. Photoshop magically started saving files, but now I just opened up iTunes and got a message saying "iTunes could not save it's library, because it cannot write to that directory". I looked and the itunes library is targeted right at my music, and upon a reopening of itunes I don't see the message.
I am greatly disturbed... this issue seems to be "jumping" from application to application. This of course makes no sense, which tells me nothing except that it must be a more complex problem than I or anyone how has helped me previously has guessed.
It could be anything from a system malfunction, to something stupid I have done! I'm no expert. However I do not fancy the idea have having a permissions error in front of a customer.... and I really need help. I fear if I call apple care they will just ask me to give them the machine - I don't have time for this! I need a machine here for the music, life don't stop for file permissions.
Can anyone help me?
thanks so much...
~sam

I have done something else to make this situation worse, the fool I am.... try not to judge to harshly, though my mistake foolish.
I figured I would just go into the terminal and recursively set my music folder to free access for me. I actually set my entire home folder for free access to read, write, and execute, for everyone........
So now I have some kinda of disturbing permissions issue (which still happens despite my permissions change noted above), AND my home folder permissions are all wrong.....
I guess this is beyond help here, you think apple care can sort me out?
Will the 10.5.2 update perhaps reset my home permissions? If I move my home drive back to my system drive, and repair permissions, will it set them back where they need to be?
thanks everyone...

HT5096 Can't "uncheck" "ignore ownership" in step 6

I'm trying to follow the above article to copy my existing TM backups from my NAS to a new local external drive, dedicated to TM backups.
In step 6 it states that I should ensure the new drive has the "ignore onwership on this volume" checkbox UNCHECKED. I cannot do this because the box appears as checked, but greyed out.
How to enable this checkbox to uncheck it?
Thanks,
Geoff

Ha!
I've just spotted what I needed to do - click on the padlock to unlock the settings - DUH!
Apologies, I'm new to MACs and still not used to 'unlocking' settings!
Thanks,
Geoff

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if I check "ignore ownership on volume" (finder > file > get info), how does this affect wgm sharing settings?
i.e. Is it ignored if WGM handles the share?
does it override wgm's settings?
just wondering how they interact with each other, if at all....
thanks in advance

The "ignore ownership" box in the Finder's Info window completely disables local POSIX and ACL permissions, making the affected volume act like a removable disk. (Any user assumes POSIX ownership of the volume with full control.)
If you want to use a volume to house a share point, do NOT check the ignore ownership box. Yes, you can share a volume with it checked, but with very unexpected results.
Often people have trouble sharing FireWire disks because they don't check to see if the "ignore ownership" box is unchecked before attempting to share them.
--Gerrit

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Thanks,
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hi,
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I am running Lion 10.7.2 and I have an external drive hooked to my time machine. I can't rename folders and when trying, I get an error code 8076. The checkbox "ignore permissions for this device" does not show on volume info. Help please???

I am running Lion 10.7.2 and I have an external drive hooked to my time machine. I can't rename folders and when trying, I get an error code 8076. The checkbox "ignore permissions for this device" does not show on volume info. Help please???

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com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
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Set "Ignore ownership on this volume" to be on by default

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