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kylex
Asked: 2010-01-14 12:21:45 +0800 CST

OSX Server permissions weirdness

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I have a work network running off an OSX server. I've set the permissions so that any user in our group can access a certain folder. It's become apparent though, that whenever a user accesses a folder, that the folder becomes locked for all other users afterwords, and I have to reset the permissions again. No clue why this is happening.

Any suggestions?

mac-osx-server permissions

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Are you using Server Admin to set ACL permissions on a shared folder? Do you have permission inheritance enabled?

    If you're going to change ACLs on an existing directory you should also propagate permissions to ensure everything below the directory has the correct permissions.

    EDIT: what you probably want to do is add an ACL group permission for to the folder using Server Admin. Choose a custom permission. Edit the permission and check everything except Change Permissions, Change Owner, and Delete. The 4 Inheritance permissions are the important ones.

    This is how I have a couple of shared folders set up on my server.

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  2. unfortunately, Adobe CS will ignore ACL and SL Server doesn't allow you to set the default POSIX permissions (although 10.4 server and earlier did). So this is both Apple's fault (for taking away the option) and Adobe's fault (for ignoring ACLs).

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