Comments on: Bloody computers http://gilest.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/bloody-computers/ world why dweeb Wed, 14 May 2008 23:15:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Paul Mison http://gilest.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/bloody-computers/#comment-714 Paul Mison Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:57:23 +0000 http://gilest.wordpress.com/?p=495#comment-714 (I think I tackled some of this on twitter back when you first posted this, but here it is again in public). If you're having permissions issues, you could check "ignore permissions" for the external drive, and then copy off the files. Before you back up again, though, you'll need to switch it back on. Longer term, you could make sure that each account has the same UID on all your machines. You can find your uid by opening a Terminal and typing "id", but typically the first user will have 501, the second 502, and so on. What I do is set up the first account as candace (since I don't expect her to jump through hoops, but it's easier for me to do so), and then the second as my own, and so on. Unfortunately, changing the UID once it's in use is not that easy, and I'm not even sure what the best way is for 10.5 (now NetInfo is pretty much gone). However, it does mean you'll be able to share drives across machines, with permissions enabled, and know that the right people can see the right files. Ideally Apple would release a Mac OS X Home Server so this was easier to set up, too. Oh well. Maybe for 10.6? (I think I tackled some of this on twitter back when you first posted this, but here it is again in public).

If you’re having permissions issues, you could check “ignore permissions” for the external drive, and then copy off the files. Before you back up again, though, you’ll need to switch it back on.

Longer term, you could make sure that each account has the same UID on all your machines. You can find your uid by opening a Terminal and typing “id”, but typically the first user will have 501, the second 502, and so on. What I do is set up the first account as candace (since I don’t expect her to jump through hoops, but it’s easier for me to do so), and then the second as my own, and so on.

Unfortunately, changing the UID once it’s in use is not that easy, and I’m not even sure what the best way is for 10.5 (now NetInfo is pretty much gone). However, it does mean you’ll be able to share drives across machines, with permissions enabled, and know that the right people can see the right files.

Ideally Apple would release a Mac OS X Home Server so this was easier to set up, too. Oh well. Maybe for 10.6?

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