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Subject: Re: OT: Mac OSX question

Author: Andreas Guettinger

Date: 00:05:05 07/19/05

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On July 18, 2005 at 19:08:35, Will Singleton wrote:

>On July 18, 2005 at 18:06:00, William Bryant wrote:
>
>>Will,
>>
>>If the files are being transfeted to the mac, the person logged in can easilty
>>change the permissions
>>by typeing "Command"-I
>>From the popup menu, set the file permissions.
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>
>>Willliam
>>
>
>We want to set it so that all permissions are by default read/write for all
>users.

Well, there is the problem. That's normally not what is wanted, because any user
can delete your files. :)

It's obviously not good to put the files in a folder in a Users home directory,
because only one user has normally access to it. So you can't use the Drop
Boxes.
You can put files in the /Users/Shared directory, a place where all users should
have read access, but only the persons who put them there has write access.
(This makes sense, because if User X put something there for User Z he dosen't
want that User Y deletes it before User Z had time to access it.)

In your case you could make a folder on the root level of the HD or on a separat
partition (requires administrator privileges) and copy the files there as
administrator, then select the folder in the finder, press command-I (as stated
by Will) or select Get Info in the File Menu, then go to the section ownership &
permissions (click on arrow to open subsection), click on details, click on the
lock to unlock it (asks for permission), set access of owner,  group and others
to read & write, and press on Apply to enclosed items...

This should do the trick.
regards
Andy



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