Wiki "Read Only" users can read & write

I am looking to use the built in Wiki software on our Snow Leopard mac mini server. The wiki is meant to be private with one user able to read and write and another account that can read only. After selecting "read only" the user can still read & write. The read only account is not an administrator so I am not sure why they are not read only, could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for your help!

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that users with read only permissions can't see custom Master Page and Managed Metadata Navigation SharePoint 2013.
I suggest to customize the ClientObject model code to retrieve info with elevated privileges and then re-deployed the master page.
Here is a similar thread for you to take a look at:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bd7aa817-114a-46ae-a08a-71d903227ce0/sharepoint-2010-custom-master-page-and-read-only-permission-issue?forum=sharepointadminprevious
If it doesn’t work, please check more information about the custom Master Page, such as whether it contain content like web parts that with permission limited, or whether you have any changes
to the read permission group.
In addition, please check the SharePoint ULS log to find more information, , the ULS log file is in the location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS
You can check the ULS log by the methods here:
http://blog.credera.com/technology-insights/microsoft-solutions/troubleshooting-sharepoint-errors/
Best Regards,
Linda Li

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Or is there any other way to do this in a batch change?
Is there something I need to do to the external files right now that will ensure that I can access them if either computer crashes and I need to replace the MAC? I would hate to have to go through this again. Would having a MAC server instead of an external drive solve this?
I am using MAC OS 10.6.8 with the most recent updates installed (as of today).
Thanks,
Sandi Dickenson

Select the icon of the external drive in the sidebar of a Finder window, and open the Info window. In the "Sharing & Permissions" section of the window, click the lock icon and authenticate. Make sure you have read & write access to the volume by changing the settings if necessary. Then, from the action menu (gear icon), select "Apply to enclosed items."
The "_unknown" user and group are assigned automatically to files on a volume with the "Ignore permissions" option set.

Can we write files and leave them as read-only

Hey Adobe AIR Community,
Another Adobe AIR question for you: Can we write files to the file system and leave them as read-only in Adobe AIR?
In the future, we would overwrite these files (or delete them and write a new one).
Thanks,
Mauricio

Please provide us with your Event Viewer administrative logs by following these steps:
Click Start Menu
Type eventvwr into Search programs and files (do not hit enter)
Right click eventvwr.exe and click Run as administrator
Expand Custom Views
Click Administrative Events
Right click Administrative Events
Save all Events in Custom View As...
Save them in a folder where you will remember which folder and save as Errors.evtx
Go to where you saved Errors.evtx
Right click Errors.evtx -> send to -> compressed (zipped) folder
Upload the .zip file to Onedrive or a file sharing service and put a link to it in your next post
If you have updated to win 8.1 and you get the error message "the system cannot find the file specified" it is a known problem. The
work around is to edit the registry. If you are not comfortable doing this DONT. If you are, backup the key before you do
Press Win+"R" and input regedit
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WINEVT\Channels. Delete "Microsoft-Windows-DxpTaskRingtone/Analytic"
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