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Re: Back Up Problems with Preference file
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Re: Back Up Problems with Preference file


  • Subject: Re: Back Up Problems with Preference file
  • From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:39:23 +1000

on 15/10/2002 13:12, Michael STEINWEDE at email@hidden wrote:

> I9m a new comer to AppleScript in OS X and have had very, very limited
> experience of AS in OS 9.
>
> I9m trying to backup my user files and it crashes on a preference file
> called "com.apple.loginwindow.plist". When I check Show Info, it says the
> owner is System.
>
> When I temporarily move the file to the desktop and backed up the preference
> folder, it backs up successfully. But I want to do back ups automatically
> rather than manually moving and replacing this file each time.

When I look at my Preferences folder I see that the file is owned by me.
Have you tried changing ownership to yourself?

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Matthew Smith
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