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madgreek · Jul 10, 2004, 10:16 AM

For some reason my Desktop folder in my Users folder is accessible to all non-admin accounts and I'm not sure why. All the other folders (except Public and Sites) in my Users folder has the red circle with the minus sign as it should be but the Desktop folder is doesn't.

My computer is set up with my account (Admin) and a Kid's account, which is not Admin. When I am in my Kid's account I can navigate to the Users/<myaccount> and access the Desktop folder of my account FROM the Kids account. This should not be and I cannot seem to change the "Read Access" to "No Access."

Any ideas why this happened and how I can lock this folder again?

SMacTech · Jul 10, 2004, 12:20 PM

Select your Desktop folder and then Get Info from the File menu. Go to the ownership and permissions section. Ensure that you are the owner with Read & Write privileges and set the Group to unknown with No Access and set Others to No Access. Then click Apply to enclosed items.

madgreek · Jul 11, 2004, 08:48 AM

I tried that but no luck

Right now the other "locked" folders have Group as Staff with No Access to everything else. But when I set Group to Unknown (or even Staff) the other options are ghosted and say Read Only. I cannot change them to No Access.

And yes, I am the Owner with Read & Write privileges.

SMacTech · Jul 11, 2004, 10:09 AM

While looking at the permissions of my laptop and PowerMac, they both have different permissions set for the Group. On my PM, it is Group unknown, on the TIbook it is my shortname as the Group. I am able to change the Access permissions on each Mac.
Can you change the Group to your shortname, and then set Access and others to No Access ?
The only difference on my PM is the fact that I am sharing all the hard drives on it. What happens if you create another new Admin account?
Have you installed any 3rd party software, like SharePoints ?

madgreek · Jul 12, 2004, 05:55 PM

Thanks for the help and I was finally able to change the permissions of that folder by logging into my Users/Desktop and changing from that icon. Trying to do it FROM the kids account didn't work, but I'm a happy camper now ;-)