Most UNIX systems use the standard POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) permissions when managing access to files. Standard POSIX permissions are independent of which file system they are used ...

According to sources privy to pre-release builds of Apple's Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" operating system, the release will feature "Fast Logout and Autosave" technology and support for Access Control Lists ...

Several readers have noted an issue where permissions for files and folders created through AFP (Apple filesharing protocol) under Mac OS X 10.4.x. are not correct. Under Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther), ...

I'm having a brain dead moment and I can't for the life of me recall how (or if) you can apply a new ACL to the filesystem. I've got a drive array with permissions to apply to the root so a user group ...

There are instances where users may change the permissions of files and folders on their computers, which can result in file access errors. Apple Discussions poster mlevack writes: "After a Hard Drive ...

Since you use a Mac, then at some point you’ve likely run into the mention of a “Permissions Fix” as a solution to just about any problem—slowdowns, random crashes, your Mac not booting up. Because it ...

A friend of mine recently started having problems renaming items in the Finder and saving files. When he tried, he would get a message that said either “You don’t have sufficient access” or “You don’t ...