Permissions

[Kahnyl]

1. Right now the permissions for my primary drive are -

system - read & write
admin - read & write
everyone - read only

The Permissions on my external drive are -

Me - Read & Write
Everyone - No Access

What are the downsides of no access for 'everyone'? It hasn't bitten me yet but I realise it may one day. Would it be OK to set the primary drive's everyone entry to 'no access' too?

2. How do I give Spotlight back it's permissions after I've remove them from a drive? They were listed previously as "custom" so I have no idea what to set them as. I've tried adding and removing the drive in the privacy list but it didn't work.

 

[old-wiz]

Unless you are really familiar with *NIX permissions don't fool around with it. When I was working I saw a number of recent CompSci graduates make a terrible mess just by running amok changing permissions.