Permissions problems ??? - modano

I finally found it. Adobe posted this yesterday (12/4/07), but there's more (see my note below):
Solution for error "Creating file: 1008:5, -5000 Access Denied Error":

Note: The following example uses the FireFox browser application path.

1. Open the Terminal application (in the Applications > Utilities folder) and type the following text:
sudo chmod 777 /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/components/
2. Enter the password for the ROOT user.
3. Reinstall Flash Player 9.
It may be necessary to run sudo chmod on each browser application path for which you'd like to install Flash Player.

**That last bit made me realize that I had several other browsers based on the same code: Flock, Mozilla, Netscape. I just deleted these (though the permissions change on each one would have likely fixed it) and it finally, FINALLY installed without error. Still, this was a huge pain and Adobe could have certainly found a way around it.

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Tuesday, December 05 2006 @ 07:23 PM PST

Permissions problems ??? - ttrtilley

I've had one permission problem in 4 years.
It was with the HP printer driver for a lazerjet 3020 multifunction.
I found the suggestion to repair permissions when Googling for a solution for the printer not printing.
Much to my surprise, it fixed it. Not sure what caused the problem. Possibly a bad update from HP.
I wonder if most permission problems are from mounting the file system with automount or else on another operating system like Windows or MacOS 9?

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Thursday, January 04 2007 @ 02:29 AM PST