lost "no access" folder

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pmcc70

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I gave a folder a "no access" permission - now i cant find it.

How do i locate folders, and the data within the folder if i have given it a "no access" rule.
 
for the particular folder, after a 'get info' and setting permissions to no access, i am not able to even find the folder through 'find', or any of the documents located in the folder. i am pretty sure that i did not delete the folder. Even when i do a search for .jpg files or .doc files, they dont show up. where could they be?? does a 'no access' restriction on a folder actually hide the folder??
 
yes, i do know the name of the folder, how do i find it through Terminal? I am a relatively new user and not familiar with the intricacies yet.
 
Hm. What is this "no access" setting for anyway? Why would I choose a folder or file and tell it I want to have "no access"?
 
being a newbie, i was trying to protect sensitive data.

but anyways, how could i locate a 'no access' folder if i didn't know the folder name? is there a way to search for folders that are given no privilages?
 
pmcc70 said:
yes, i do know the name of the folder, how do i find it through Terminal? I am a relatively new user and not familiar with the intricacies yet.
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In Terminal cd to the directory which contains the missing folder and type:

ls -al

Example:

Start terminal, you'll be in your user directory.

type ls -al (return is assumed after each command)

Let's assume the missing folder is in Documents.

type cd Documents
type ls -al

What do you see? Is your directory there?

Depending on your answer there are more things to try and/or do. You can cd deeper if it's in a subfolder and cd .. to move up a level.
 
let me explain what i did a bit better

1) i wanted to protect a folder
2) i did a 'get info' on the folder and selected no access under ownership & permissions
3) now i cant find the folder, and i am sure i did not delete it.

so....

1) how can i find this folder, assuming that i do not know the name of the folder, but do know some of the contents of the folder.

it is very frustrating as i know its in here somewhere, just that i cant find it....
 
I just now created a folder on my desktop and changed the permissions
to no access - i can no longer open the folder, but it still shows up on my desktop, even after a reboot.

Did you do anything else to the folder besides changing the permissions
to no access?
 
no. i did nothing else to the folder. it seems that after reboot it disappeared. I am now running data rescue to try to find the files.
 
Did you try looking for it in terminal, like simbalala suggested?

If it shows up in terminal, it will be the only file with d- - - - - - - - -
to the far left of the screen.
 
yes i have done that. i am worried that i might have deleted it by mistake, but i am 100% sure that i did not do that. I have been all through the HD using finder but still cant locate the docs. i have also done a find on .doc files, which i know were in the missing folder, and these files do not show up.
 
If you've changed the access the way you have you may have changed the permissions in such a way that you can't see the folder using Finder which is, after all, just an app.

That's the point of using Terminal, it has much more capability.

I've only given you baby steps so far.
 
I FOUND IT!!!

i did a find, folder, modified, exact date, (i knew the date) and out popped the folder i had given no access restrictions to.

i then did a get info, changed permissions to read & write, and it worked!!!!!

Thanks for your time and help anyways!!!
 
I have set my ownership and permissions on 1 of my drives to no access by clicking on the drive and selecting get info and changing the box where it says "you can" to no access. Now the drive has disappeared off the desktop and i can't get access to it. You can view it in disk utility but you can not do anything else. Can anybody help me. It would be much Appreciated.

Many thanks
 
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