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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Locked Disks
Date: 17 Oct 2015 19:04:10 GMT
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On 2015-10-17, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> I have managed to really foul up a disk. This is a USB external disk,
> 1TB, two partitions. I was running 10.5.8 when I messed things up. I've
> moved the disk to 10.7.5 and the same problem persists.
>
> The icon for both partitions shows a closed padlock. I can do absolutly
> nothing on this disk. If I try to open either partition I get a message
> saying that it can't be opened "because you don't have permission to see
> its contents." Information for the disk shows me as the owner, with
> staff and everyone at the next two levels. All three of these have
> Custom privileges. A can unlock the Info window as usual, but when I try
> to change my privilege to Read & Write, nothing happens -- no error
> message, no flashing, no feedback at all, and, of course, no change to
> my privileges.
>
> One of the partitions on this disk is an image created by Carbon Copy
> Cloner. I need it now; the machine where it was created died. Any help
> will be gratefully received.

What is the output of this command in a terminal window (where "volname"
is the name of the volume in question)?:

ls -alO '/Volumes/volname'

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