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Question

Blocked hd in snow leopard This time cant even use Batch

by Apr 11, 2013 8:07AM PDT

Hi Im Erik at Eatraxx. Im on Mac pro snow leopard. Last time all my hard drives got blocked I ended up using BatchMod and it worked perfectly however this time, the only usable hard drive, my main hard drive, is more or less blocked as well - cant download Batchmod or use the one I had, says no space cant repair permissions, error message, cant use terminal says ...login PAM Error line 400 System error login Could not determine audit condition
Anyone have a clue about this
Would appreciate a loooott a solution.
Thanks. Erik

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See this old discussion.
by Forum moderator Apr 11, 2013 8:14AM PDT
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permissions
by hitfeeling Apr 11, 2013 8:17AM PDT

" playing around " I suppose - Had a hard time with protools and did choose " read & write " include to all items
choosing the app support folder

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Pretty amazing.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 11, 2013 8:20AM PDT

That discussion also noted they "did choose " read & write " include to all items "

You can see they found out why you don't touch that.
Bob

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by hitfeeling Apr 11, 2013 8:28AM PDT

Sorry, Im new here , looking for that discussion, cant find it. Been through hard permission probs many times since thats the only little bad mac has at least in my opinion
My question is is there a solution in the discussion and how can I find it
Thanks

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found it - hope to find the answer
by hitfeeling Apr 11, 2013 8:31AM PDT

Found the discussion - hope to find the answer as well.

thanks a lot

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Doesnt seem to be my case
by hitfeeling Apr 11, 2013 8:37AM PDT

Basically I need to set permissions right again on my main HD to be able to run Batchmod from it and unlock the others however thinkin turning my computer off , starting up with the Dvd install disc, will the main Hd also be blocked or will I be able to repair persmissions from the Dvd?

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Sounds exactly like your case.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 11, 2013 8:58AM PDT

You wrote "did choose " read & write " include to all items"
They wrote "giving myself read/write access to everything"

If there is free space on the drive then I'm going with the same fix. Archive and install. And if that fails, start over and -> "Just a word of advice, don't do that again, ever!"

Not everything can be fixed it seems.
Bob

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Doesnt seem to be my case
by hitfeeling Apr 11, 2013 8:39AM PDT

Basically I need to set permissions right again on my main HD to be able to run Batchmod from it and unlock the others however thinkin turning my computer off , starting up with the Dvd install disc, will the main HDD also be blocked or will I be able to repair persmissions from the Dvd?

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(NT) Worth a try
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Apr 11, 2013 9:05AM PDT
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