[X-Newbies] Blocking folder access in Tiger on G5.

[Brian Durant]

I don't have a root account. Do I need to temporarily set one up? What
is the best way of doing that? An interesting side problem occurred in
connection with this. I had set the computer to prompt for a password
when coming out of the screen saver (can be done in the security
panel), but when I started fiddling with the permissions for this
folder, it no longer prompted. After some restarts, it came back
again. Weird.

Cheers,

Brian

On 9/21/05, Aranzazu <caranzazu at union-city.k12.nj.us> wrote:
> LOg in as root and change the permissions. it will work the way you want then.
>
>
> >
> >  > > I am trying to block access to a folder on my G5 single. Under folder
> >>  > info -> Ownership & Permissions -> Details -> Others I set to "no
> >>  > access" and pressed the "Apply to enclosed items" and was prompted for
> >>  > my password. Finder seemed to work for a while after that and then
> >>  > told me something about that the command couldn't be completed because
> >>  > I "don't have sufficient privileges for some of the items". Why not? I
> >>  > am the owner. What do I do? BTW, the items inside the folder are 1
> >>  > folder and in that folder are JPEGs, if that makes a difference.