StuffIt Expander and OS X Permissions

[fleur-de-lis]

I already tried over at the Apple message boards but I didn't get any response. Here's my problem:

Every time I expand a file with stuffit expander 7.0.3 (in OS X 10.2.6), it changes the 'access permissions' of where it was unstuffed too, to:

Owner: Me (Read/Write)
Group: Staff (Read Only)
Others: (Read Only)

... which becomes a problem when I unstuff files to my Desktop, which should be:

Owner: Me (Read/Write)
Group: Staff (No Access)
Others: (No Access)

... thus giving other users on my computer full access to my Desktop.

Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me? I've been using OS X for over a year and this is the first time I noticed it.

btw, this message board rocks!

 

[ex2bot]

I took a quick look at the preferences for Stuffit Expander and in the ~/Library/. . . .plists.

I couldn't find any option for specifying permissions. Looks like you'll have to change it manually or perhaps use an Applescript (?).

Doug

 

[fleur-de-lis]

Thanks dktrickey but that wasn't exactly what I was talking about. I've edited my post to make it a bit clearer.

When I unstuff files to the Desktop, Stuffit Expander changes the permissions of my Desktop without telling me.

 

[toast]

Stuffit apparently needs the permissions to be this way to unstuff. You could send this as a bug to the Stuffit guys, or select another unstuffing folder.

 

[fleur-de-lis]

Originally posted by toast
Stuffit apparently needs the permissions to be this way to unstuff. You could send this as a bug to the Stuffit guys, or select another unstuffing folder.

I'll probably report it. Thanks.

 

[DeltaMac]

I have a download folder (all downloads go there first instead of the Desktop) and I only unstuff inside the download folder, which is in my user Documents folder. This does not seem to affect the permissions of my user/Desktop folder. Is this of any help to you?