__/ [Sandy Foster] on Friday 02 September 2005 21:07 \__
> In article <df8m21$1aou$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Go to your Palm Desktop directory and apply some recursive modification
>> of privileges. I would use the command-line for that, which you should be
>> able to use in Tiger (might need some 'digging' though).
>>
>> My favourite link to the 'chmod' (change permissions) manual pages is
>> this:
>>
>>
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/apis/chmod.ht
>> m
>>
>> I propose that you open a terminal/console (terminilogy varies) and then
>> navigate to you Palm Desktop directory, e.g.:
>>
>>
>> === code ===
>>
>> cd PalmDesktop
>>
>> chmod a+w -R
>>
>> % Which means that you grant writing permissions to the files
>> recursively.
>>
>> === /code ===
>>
>>
>> Hope it helps,
>>
>> Roy
>
>
>
> Thanks for the reply, Roy. While waiting for another answer from Palm
> tech support or from this list, I tried *one last time* to reinstall the
> new desktop, this time from my own account. And this time, for some
> unfathomable reason, the installation and the ability to hot sync went
> fine! :) I did lose a couple of entries in HandyShopper, but nothing I
> can't recreate. Whew! It's a good thing that worked, though, because I'd
> neglected to mention that I'm using Panther, rather than Tiger, and that
> I'm totally unfamiliar with fiddling in terminal. :S
>
> Thanks again!
This could be done in Panther as well. I am very glad to hear that you
solved it the 'easy way'.
Best wishes,
Roy
PS - A thread on the topic has just come up in the British Mac newsgroup. I
pointed out this thread to them... only as a warning sign. Your report may
assist others.
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