[scip]

I'm working on an OS X 10.2.8 server and am having a problem where some of the files created by the users (that all belong to the group "staff") are created with read only group and world privs.

I found in Workgroup Manager under the Share Points->Protocols tab that Use standard UNIX permissions was selected for the Apple File Settings. I changed that to Inherit permissions from parent, and that seemed to work for any new folders created.

I now have the task to recursively change the existing files that are group read only to read & write so everyone in the "staff" group can get to them. I tried doing this in the Finder with the Get Info's "Apply to enclosed items..." button under the Ownership & Permissions drop down, but this does not work; some of the files/folders still remain as group Read Only after the process.

I need to allow all users to access all folders/files on the server. I tried doing a chmod in Terminal, but it tells me the operation is not permitted on many files (the screen just prints a ton of these errors) even while sudo'ed as root.

Sometimes, when I attempt to sudo, I get the following error:

sudo: su: command not found

But not always. When I can successfully sudo (or seemingly so), and try to chmod a directory, here's what I get:

If I type the following line:

chmod -R 777 Dennis\ 2004

or

chmod -R g+w Dennis\ 2004

I get the following same output:

chmod: Dennis 2004/1.30.04 DOS meeting: Operation not permitted
chmod: Dennis 2004/1.30.04 ticket reimbursement: Operation not permitted
chmod: Dennis 2004/2.23.04 BI Mgrs meeting: Operation not permitted
chmod: Dennis 2004/Dennis Exp Form Billable: Operation not permitted


Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Steve

[JLL]

Originally posted by scip:
I'm working on an OS X 10.2.8 server and am having a problem where some of the files created by the users (that all belong to the group "staff") are created with read only group and world privs.

I found in Workgroup Manager under the Share Points->Protocols tab that Use standard UNIX permissions was selected for the Apple File Settings. I changed that to Inherit permissions from parent, and that seemed to work for any new folders created.

I now have the task to recursively change the existing files that are group read only to read & write so everyone in the "staff" group can get to them. I tried doing this in the Finder with the Get Info's "Apply to enclosed items..." button under the Ownership & Permissions drop down, but this does not work; some of the files/folders still remain as group Read Only after the process.

In Workgroup Manager -> Share Points -> General there is a button labeled 'Copy' next to the text 'Copy these privileges to enclosed items' - click that button.

[scip]

Originally posted by JLL:
In Workgroup Manager -> Share Points -> General there is a button labeled 'Copy' next to the text 'Copy these privileges to enclosed items' - click that button.

That didn't seem to work. After the spinning beach ball (there I was, thinking it was working), an ls -l on one of the directory contents shows no change in the perms of the files that need to be changed to group r+w.

Something screwy is going on here.

Anyone else?

Steve