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Re: Migrating to new machine

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On 2015-03-20, J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-19, J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2015-03-19, J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>> >> > John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I've had a Macbook Pro die on me though I was able to make a Time
>> >> >> Machine backup, and then migrate that to a working computer (an MBAir)
>> >> >> It created another user, the result now being that a number of folders
>> >> >> are locked with the red circle meaning don't enter. I can change
>> >> >> permissions so that "everybody" can Read and Write, but still no access
>> >> >> to the locked folders, such as Documents, Music and so forth.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> What might be done to access all these folders?
>> >> >
>> >> > Log in as the user who own them,
>> >> > or if you can't, activate the root user,
>> >> 
>> >> Note: There's no need to activate the root user when you can simply log
>> >> into any administrator account and use sudo.
>> >
>> > The point of activating the root user is that you don't have to sudo,
>> 
>> It's a much better idea to use sudo, mostly do to the widely-accepted
>> principle of least privilege, but also for other good reasons. 
>
> [lots of good reasons]
> but the good reasons do not apply for a one of a kind job
> on your own machine where you are all of the users,
> just to set some obvious problems right,

You may choose to ignore them, but they still absolutely apply, with the
single exception of sharing the root password. All of the rest of what I
said applies. And using sudo isn't all that less convenient than
enabling the root user. 

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JR

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Migrating to new machine John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-19 06:52 -0700
  Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-19 16:37 +0100
    Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 16:41 +0000
      Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-19 20:09 +0100
        Re: Migrating to new machine Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-03-19 16:28 -0400
          Re: Migrating to new machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-19 20:45 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-19 17:32 -0400
            Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:07 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-20 11:53 -0400
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 16:27 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-20 13:23 -0400
              Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:23 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-03-20 07:56 +0100
            Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 11:20 +0000
            Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:14 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:25 +0000
        Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 20:39 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-03-19 21:23 +0000
            Re: Migrating to new machine richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-03-19 21:25 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-20 09:32 +0100
            Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 11:22 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-20 13:10 +0100
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:21 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:19 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 11:10 +0100
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:18 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 14:40 +0100
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:43 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 17:33 +0100
            Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:18 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-20 10:10 -0400
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 14:32 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-20 11:35 -0400
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-20 12:30 -0400
  Re: Migrating to new machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-19 16:33 +0000
    Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 16:40 +0000
  Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-22 10:46 +0100
    Re: Migrating to new machine John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-22 13:45 -0700

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