File-privileges problems after reinstalling system

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Essage

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I have reinstalled my system and got some problems with privileges.

The folders and files that I have problems with, are located on a 2nd drive, and I´ve erased the 1st drive and reinstalled the system on that one. The files on the 2nd drive is owned by the user "stephan" from the previous system that was installed on disk 1. Now I can´t move, delete 'em etc. The only way, is to login as root, but I want to be logged in with the admin account, because of some practical reasons.

How do I change owner privileges for every file & folder on a disk? :confused:
 
You will probably need to run 2 commands in the Terminal, chown and chmod. It will be something like this:
sudo chown -R [your_username] /Volumes/[name_of_2nd_drive]
sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/[name_of_2nd_drive]
The "-R" flag makes the changes recursive, which means they will affect all subfolders & files on the designated volume (drive).
 
Try to enable the 'ignore privileges on this volume' feature available in the volume info window (in the privileges pane)


Hope this help
 
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