[X4U] Permissions Question

Jens Selvig lstnmt at bresnan.net
Tue May 5 15:59:20 PDT 2009


How many files do you have in the receiving folder?

Can you make a new sub folder inside the enclosing folder and will the  
files transfer to that folder. If your original files are on the same  
volume are you using the option key to create new files instead of  
just moving files?

Jens


On May 4, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I am somewhat confused. I am attempting with the finder to move some  
> files into a folder. When I drag and drop them nothing happens (it  
> doesn't happen).
>
> I look at the permissions of the files and I do have read/write on  
> the files and I have read/write on the folder I am attempting to  
> move them to.
>
> I have full access to the volume (ignore ownership).
>
> I must be overlooking something but I do not know what else to be  
> asking myself.
>
> I created the folder and created all the files. This is *NOT* a new  
> folder. If I had to guess I created it 9 years (maybe more) ago. It  
> was there is OS9 and with the 2 OSX upgrades and never an issue. I  
> was able to write to it as of May 1 , 2009 (the highest modification  
> date).
>
> Note this folder is a sub folder of another folder which again I  
> have r/w access.
>
> Can someone shed some light on why I cannot move files into the  
> folder?
>
> FWIW I am at 10.4.11 and am running a G5 SIlver dual with 6G of  
> memory and a dual 2.7 MHZ processor. I also rebooted in between to  
> see if there was some sort of boot issue and it seems to have stayed  
> and I cannot move the files (still).
>
> Ed
>
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