permission issue

pushpaj1979 · #1 January 7th, 2009, 09:29 PM

i messed up with the permission for my mac(2.5 GHz, 4gb ram,macbook with leopard 10.5.6 os) and permission to EVERYONE as no access. and my macbook hung and i rebooted it after that my macbook wont get pass apple logo and the spinning wheel and restarts again and again. I dont have my installer DVD presently as i am on roaming.I need to give some presentations immediately. plz help me....if i can rectify it in single user mode...

pushpaj1979 · #2 January 7th, 2009, 09:46 PM

i have tried fsck -fy

Doctor X · #3 January 7th, 2009, 09:46 PM

How do you mess up your permission? Did you reset a password or something?

You can try rectifying on Single User Mode--there are a few answers in the forums on how to do that.

--J.D.

pushpaj1979 · #4 January 7th, 2009, 10:25 PM

i went to "get info" on my mac hard disk and changed the permission properties given at lowermost row for everyone. i did try following the steps given in some forum but to no avail. tried using disk warrior too but it says for repairing permission it has to be loaded with mac os

Doctor X · #5 January 7th, 2009, 10:51 PM

Interesting . . . so you basically made it so no one can log in?

So you went to this:

and . . . what, made "everyone" able to "Read & Write?" Curious. Not sure why you would want to do that. Be that as it may are you telling me you do NOT have an Admin password? You cannot log in as an Admin?

I am surprised that DW says you do not have an OS. When you are booted on DW what does it show you? Does it show you a HD?

--J.D.

pushpaj1979 · #6 January 7th, 2009, 10:59 PM

pretty sure i did that like a dumbo. and i am the only user of my macbook so i should be having the admin password is it?.. well DW shows my Hd and is able to rebuild it but the files option where permisons can be repaired is shaded...

Doctor X · #7 January 7th, 2009, 11:11 PM

Yes . . . you should have an Admin Password . . . that should have been set when you installed the System. Granted . . . it has been a while since I have set up an account.

You might as well rebuild the volume and see if that helps. I assume you are booted ON the DW disk? I do not see why it would not let you repair permissions . . . you should see something like this:

That is to my Ex-HD which I can rebuild.

Okay . . . this takes a while for me to do . . . reboot on the DW disk . . . meh! I think it should show you what your available Start-Up disk are: DW and, hopefully, your HD.

I will see what you see.

--J.D.

pushpaj1979 · #8 January 7th, 2009, 11:33 PM

i did rebuild the hard dish but the last pic u have mailed has "Reoair Disk Permission" greyed in my sustem with " a DISK WITH mAC oS X installed must have correct user permisiion for proper operation.UNAVAILABLE , REQUIRES FULL MAC OS X installtion" written below it ..So i can use it as it is greyed and not available for use..