Mailing Lists: Apple Mailing Lists

Image of Mac OS face in stamp
 
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

In need of unix command to save hard drive...



Hello. I know that this message is a bit off-topic for this list, 
but I am hoping that one of you unix folks will be able to 
help me out.

I am setting up a public computer lab and experimenting 
with how to set up the computers the best way. I decided to 
try making "others" have their access to the partitions 
(Macintosh HD and Backup, which are fresh installations of 
OS 9 and 10.2) be limited to "none"

Well, it worked for System Prefs and some other things, but 
when I tried it on the hard drive itself, it hosed the 
computer. It boots up until it would normally begin to 
initialize the network and then, blue screen. That's it.

Can somebody please help me by providing a unix 
command that I can run from single-user mode to undo 
this permission setting on Macintosh HD partition? 

I'd really appreciate it. FYI - I can successfully boot to OS 9 
on the hard drive. So, if there's a way to undo the damage 
from OS 9, that would work too.

I'm trying to recover a documentation file that I spent quite a 
bit of time working on, which I can't access from OS 9. I'm 
also hoping to save myself from having to reinstall OS X.

thanks,
-samantha 
_______________________________________________
unix-porting mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/unix-porting
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.





Visit the Apple Store online or at retail locations.
1-800-MY-APPLE

Contact Apple | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.