[X4U] Read only Permissions, OS9 to OSX

[Wayne Wilkin]

Common problem under this type of workflow. The only workaround I found 
especially with database files because they tend to be small is have 
the main user (the modifying user), have her/him open and make changes 
to the files on a network share not on their computer.
On Feb 7, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Peter Krug wrote:

> We are running a database that one user modifies, then about 10 other 
> users use the modified files to do their work (these users never 
> modify the files themselves, only the master file is ever modified).  
> The "modifying" user running OS9 puts the database files into a 
> location on her computer which is a share.  The other users (OS X and 
> OS9) grab these files and replace the old database files on their 
> systems so they can use the updated information.  The OS9 users have 
> no problem.  SOME of the OS X users have problems.  When they copy the 
> files from the OS9 shared folder, the files come over as read-only.  
> The Database wants to be able to write to these files, so it craps out 
> and dies.  But on two OS X users computers, this does not happen, the 
> files are read and write enabled once copied.  Only the other 8 have 
> problems.
>
> An interesting twist is that if the person who modifies the database 
> physically pushes the files to these 8 users, the files come over as 
> read-write enabled. The problem is that the 10 users are not always on 
> the network, so attempts to push the files will fail more often than 
> not.  Also, the "modifying" user is a whiner.
>
> Yes, the 8 users can modify the files to make them read-only 
> themselves, but they are whining about this.  Any ideas why 2 users 
> get the files from the OS9 share as read-write but the rest only get 
> them as read only?
>
> I could be a hero to these users (and to the recipients of the 
> aforementioned whining).
> Oh, and yes, even though the 10 don't modify the files themselves, the 
> stupid database running in Classic wants to be able to write to them.  
> It's a FoxBase database from 1989.  Please stop laughing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> A little computer haiku:
> I can't remember
> the last time I restarted
> I love OS X
>
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