Hi Lynne, You can do this three different ways. I'll outline these below. The first option seems to automatically assume you want to create a group for that particular user, despite you'll only be changing the permissions for the Admin group and not creating a new group that's under your username. I don't seem to be able to delete it and revert the group options, at least not the way you're supposed to.
The first option is the way of the Finder. You can go to the file that you wish to change permissions for, then select "Get Info" from the item's contextual menu or simply hit Command-I to bring it up. Next, move down to the lock and unlock it, then enter the password when prompted. This will make it so that you can actually muck around with permissions in the Privileges table. What you want to do first is go to the SystemConfiguration folder and bring up the Get Info box, then follow the steps above to change permissions. When you can change permissions within the table, move down to the Admin and select "Read and write." Now, choose the "Actions…" pop up and select "Apply to enclosed items." When done, just close the window. Of course be sure to revert this when you're finished editing. You can also do this based on individual files, however the folder still needs to have the right permissions first. If applying the read and write permissions to every file inside the folder makes you feel uneasy, simply complete the steps you did on the folder on the specific files you want to edit. I'm not going to recommend doing it as Root, because root should only be used for serious system maintenance and allows you to access all files unrestricted. However, you can do it by going under Users and Groups in System Preferences, then click Join under the network server preferences under Login Options. If you can't do this, just click the lock and authenticate. next, click the "Open Directory Utility" button. Proceed to click the lock in the Directory utility, then authenticate. Go under the Edit menu and select "Enable Root user." Enter the password you wish to use for the Root user. You can also do this via Terminal and chmod and using letters (symbolic codes) or numbers (octal,) but I wouldn't do this if you're not at least somewhat comfortable using it in the first place. Regards, Nicolai On Jun 17, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith <ly...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hello Nic > > Oopse, I id it again! I forgot to change accounts. > > On 17 Jun 2012, at 13:32, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > > Hello Nic > > Thank you for this. I do not have permissions, as you said. So the next > obvious thing I tried was to log in as root. But using root as the name and > password it would not let me in. Where do I go from here please? > > Lynne > > On 17 Jun 2012, at 12:41, Nicolai Svendsen <chojiro1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Lynne, > > Yes, you can make it work. It's a firmware limitation, that's correct, but > you can fix it by editing one text file. > > The file you need to edit is > /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist > You may wish to check if you have permissions on it first before editing it. > You probably don't to start with. You can edit the file in Text Edit or even > using Terminal and Nano if you prefer. > > You actually need to add one simple thing to a currently existing line. > <string> mbasd=1 </string> > That is what the <string> should look like exactly. Keep in mind you don't > need to add a second one of these, just add mbasd=1 to the line as instructed > above. > > I've used this fix on all my computers so far. When you save the file, be > sure it's still listed as a plist file. It should be, however, since Text > Edit automatically defaults to plain text. After you're done, go ahead and > reboot. > > That should be it. > > Regards, > Nicolai > On Jun 17, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith > <ly...@mac-access.net> wrote: > >> Hello Anne >> >> On 17 Jun 2012, at 09:59, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> >> • We had the same problem you're having when we tried to use my MacBook Air >> Superdrive on Archie's MacBook Pro last year. We didn't pursue the issue so >> I don't know whether there's a solution. >> >> Gordon thinks it's a firmware issue. 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