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Re: Locked Disks

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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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Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-17 10:38 -0700
  Re: Locked Disks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-17 19:04 +0000
    Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-17 22:34 -0700
  Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-17 22:51 -0700
    Re: Locked Disks Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-10-18 14:59 -0700
      Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-21 10:11 -0700
        Re: Locked Disks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-21 13:14 -0400
        Re: Locked Disks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-22 02:13 +0000
          Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-22 10:48 -0700
            Re: Locked Disks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-22 18:03 +0000
              Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-24 11:02 -0700
    Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-22 10:48 -0700
      Re: Locked Disks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-22 18:04 +0000
      Re: Locked Disks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-22 14:06 -0400
      Re: Locked Disks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-22 18:16 +0000
  Re: Locked Disks (Now Unlocked) csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-18 23:43 -0700

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