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Re: Time Machine and permissions

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On 2015-09-30, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> In article <d70sdgFka5lU3@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-09-29, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
>> > I just tried to do a TM restore of a folder full of files. Failed 
>> > because "You do not have permission ..."
>> >
>> > I opened the TM drive by double-clicking on it, navigated to the proper 
>> > place, did a "Get Info" on the folder -- changed permissions with "Apply 
>> > to enclosed items" even though they already looked OK, but that didn't 
>> > help. I even went one folder up and did it again, since I've run into 
>> > that "enclosing folder" problem before. Still didn't work.
>> >
>> > I tried just dragging a copy of the folder off the TM drive, but that 
>> > failed in the same way.
>> >
>> > It's my backup, and it was made on the same Mac, so what's going on?
>> >
>> > Is there a work-around so I can access those files?
>> 
>> Check the ownership and permissions of the *destination* directory, and
>> ensure your OS X user account has permission to write there.
>
> I opened a completely different drive on the Mac (checked permissions; 
> OK), launched TM, navigated to where the desired folder was, and tried 
> to do a restore. Same problem "The operation can¹t be completed because 
> you don¹t have permission to access ³audacity-1.2-help.htb²."
>
> Just for grins, I deselected that file and tried again, but the problem 
> just jumped to another file in the folder.

1. In a terminal window, if you do an 'ls -le' in the Time Machine
directory for the file you want to restore, what are the user, group,
and permissions?

2. While logged into the account you used to do the restore, what does
the 'id' command-line tool output?

Does the user/group of the account you are using to do the restore match
the user/group/permissions of the file you are trying to restore?

What ACL attributes are output by the 'ls -le' command for the file in
question?

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Time Machine and permissions isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-09-29 12:04 -0700
  Re: Time Machine and permissions Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-09-29 16:19 -0400
    Re: Time Machine and permissions isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-09-29 21:19 -0700
  Re: Time Machine and permissions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-30 01:32 +0000
    Re: Time Machine and permissions isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-09-29 21:18 -0700
      Re: Time Machine and permissions Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-30 16:39 +0000
  Re: Time Machine and permissions Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-09-30 05:43 +0200
    Re: Time Machine and permissions isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-09-29 21:12 -0700

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