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Permissions problem mac OS X 10.9.5 server
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Permissions problem mac OS X 10.9.5 server


  • Subject: Permissions problem mac OS X 10.9.5 server
  • From: Jim Weisbin <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 14:48:56 -0400

I have a pretty simple script that sets the modification date of a folder (or
multiple folders dragged on) to it’s creation date.

The reason for it is that restores done from Crashplan don’t preserve mod
dates, so this seemed like the best way to at least get them into some usable
date order - my users tend to sort by date modified.

The script runs fine on my laptop, running OS 10.12.5, accessing local files.
It also runs fine when run from my laptop, accessing the files on a server
remotely, via AFP. The server is running OS X 10.9.5.

But when I try to run the script on the server, logged in as the administrator,
it bombs at the line set this_item's modification date to theCreationDate

With this error:

error "Finder got an error: The operation can’t be completed because you don’t
have the necessary permission." number -5000

on open these_items
        tell application "Finder"
                repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items

                        set this_item to (item i of these_items)
                        if kind of this_item is "Folder" then
                                set theCreationDate to creation date of
this_item
                                --      display dialog theCreationDate as string
                                set this_item's modification date to
theCreationDate
                        end if
                end repeat
        end tell
end open

I’m certain that the admin has the permissions to modify these folders. Is it a
limitation of OS X 10.9.5?

I think I could do this with SetFile, but this solution seemed to be the
easiest and quickest to write.


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