I think chmod (and chown) got me into this problem to begin with ;-) I wish I could remember exactly what I did.
> chmod -R -w dirname Would this make the mac files readable and 'executionable' (ie unlocked) on the mac partition if I were to boot up (not from Mandrake) the Mac OS ? Or,would it only give the mac files - in Mandrake's case - root privileges to +w every file,so that if I entered the mac OS they would still be 'locked' to a mac user who is not,of course,'root' ? Perhaps I _should_ just try it... On Monday 07 February 2005 03:42 pm, David G Stevenson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I was trying to change the permissions of my macintosh OS 9 partition and > > I inadvertently locked all the mac files. I've unlocked the majority of > > files again,by hand,but I was wondering if there was a mandrake konsole > > command that would unlock every file on that partition,just incase I've > > missed some? > > Do you mean you have made all the files read-only? > > If so, chmod is your friend, '-R' is a recursive feature so 'chmod -R' > will apply your permission mask to the directory/mount and all > files/dirs within. To add user write access you could use: > > % chmod -R +w dirname > > Have a play with the option on a dummy directory so see the effect. > > Remember, some files need to be executable and readonly for a reason! > > HTH
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