Nobody seems to be reading this thread, but JIC, this wasn't Apple's fault. Somehow while setting up my Go environment, my Go directory ownership was Root. I don't know how this happened, but it was likely a finger check on my part:(
Charlie the Embarrassed
Ok, I now see what's going on. The same problems also appear with Finder; I'm forced to "authenticate" all directory manipulations but ONLY on the base or root volume (my iMac hard drive). When I switch to an external volume, everything works as before. I suppose Apple will call this an...
This may have started after upgrading from Maverick to Yosemite or after a Yosemite upgrade. I'm not sure which. I'm on 10.10.3 and frequently work within a BASH shell. When working with code I sometimes need to add, move, or remove directories. My user account has administrator privileges -...