On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 10:23 PM, Dale Goodvin wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:38:16 -0800 (PST) Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> On Friday, Nov 15, 2002, at 07:34PM, Dale >> Goodvin wrote: >> >>> Please help; >>> >>> i've lost all of my settings in the dock: > >> you probably don't have access to your >> ~/Library/ folder anymore. go back into root, >> and >> >> chown -R .admin ~ >> > Jeremy, > > what the heck are you talking about?
you said: > i made the mistake of going into root while Trish was logged in, using > my > administrator name and password and changing some privileges for home > folders. by "going into root", what do you mean? Normally, this means you used the Terminal program and the commands 'chown' and perhaps 'chmod'. if you just used Get-Info and entered your admin password, you in no way went into root - you just twiddled permissions as a non-root, admin user. Basically....... everything you're seeing right now, that isn't how it should be, is stored in your home directory's "Library" folder. If, for any reason, OS X can't read the contents of your Library folder, you get default Docks, Desktops, etc. Most likely, you either set Library (or your home directory as a whole) to be owned by someone else, or you took away your own read/write privileges to one or the other. The easiest way to remedy this would be to run Terminal and type in: sudo chown -R dgoodvin.admin ~ <return> sudo chmod -R 755 ~ <return> or just remember what you changed, and change it back. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
