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  • Re: Can't rename a folder

    From Paul Goodman@21:1/5 to Mel C on Tue Dec 5 20:24:38 2023
    Mel C <melcom4@gmail.com> wrote:
    On my DP1.8 GHz G5 Mac running Mac OS 10.5.8, when I try to rename a
    folder I sometimes get the error message -

    “You do not have sufficient access privileges to rename the folder xxxx.”

    I am the sole administrator for this computer. How can rename these folders? Thank you.


    Try clicking on the folder in Finder, go to File -> Get Info, and see what permissions are listed for the folder in question. Maybe changing
    permissions there will let you do what you want.

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    Paul Goodman

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  • From John@21:1/5 to no_email@invalid.invalid on Thu Dec 7 22:35:35 2023
    On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:24:38 +0000, Paul Goodman
    <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Mel C <melcom4@gmail.com> wrote:
    On my DP1.8 GHz G5 Mac running Mac OS 10.5.8, when I try to rename a
    folder I sometimes get the error message -

    “You do not have sufficient access privileges to rename the folder xxxx.”

    I am the sole administrator for this computer. How can rename these folders? >> Thank you.


    Try clicking on the folder in Finder, go to File -> Get Info, and see what >permissions are listed for the folder in question. Maybe changing
    permissions there will let you do what you want.

    I solved this one once by accidentally trying to delete the folder
    containing the one I'd been trying to kill, after changing permissions
    and ownerships of the offender without much success. I even tried to
    kill the stuck one using Windows. Nothing worked.

    If the stuck one is not in a higher folder, maybe putting it inside
    one would work? I know this raises inheritance issues but it *might*
    work. Maybe. If you fiddle enough with "chown".

    There's a fairly recent "Solved" thread about what happened in one of
    the Maccy groups.

    By "fairly recent" I mean sometime this year or last.

    Mel C., do you want me to try to find the message-ID?

    J.


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    Paul Goodman

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to John on Fri Dec 8 19:26:59 2023
    On 2023-12-07, John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
    On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:24:38 +0000, Paul Goodman
    <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Mel C <melcom4@gmail.com> wrote:
    On my DP1.8 GHz G5 Mac running Mac OS 10.5.8, when I try to rename a
    folder I sometimes get the error message -

    “You do not have sufficient access privileges to rename the folder xxxx.”

    I am the sole administrator for this computer. How can rename these folders?
    Thank you.


    Try clicking on the folder in Finder, go to File -> Get Info, and see what >>permissions are listed for the folder in question. Maybe changing >>permissions there will let you do what you want.

    I solved this one once by accidentally trying to delete the folder containing the one I'd been trying to kill, after changing permissions
    and ownerships of the offender without much success. I even tried to
    kill the stuck one using Windows. Nothing worked.

    If the stuck one is not in a higher folder, maybe putting it inside
    one would work? I know this raises inheritance issues but it *might*
    work. Maybe. If you fiddle enough with "chown".

    I've also had to fiddle with chmod and chgrp both via the sudo command
    when I've had similar problems.

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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