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Fix Save for Web permissions error in Adobe Illustrator
Authored by: shark on Jul 16, '03 10:05:38AM
Thanks for that point Zach, this makes it much easier. I re-typed it and simplified a bit.

Fix Save for Web permissions error in Adobe Illustrator

Here is the fix:
Login in as the Admin user

Open the Terminal application --

Type: sudo su -

Enter YOUR password (Note: this is the same as the Admin password)

Navigate to the Applications folder by typing: cd /Applications

Find your Adobe Illustrator folder and replace the exact name of your folder between the quotes,(but make sure to include the quotes) by typing: chmod -R 777 "Adobe Illustrator 10.0.3"

Check to see that the permissions are now correct (should be "drwxrwxrwx") by typing: ls -l | grep "Adobe Illustrator 10.0.3"

Exit root by typing: exit

Quit Terminal and logout and back in.

Open Illustrator and Save for Web now works perfectly.
Enjoy!!!

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Shark

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Fix Save for Web permissions error in Adobe Illustrator
Authored by: ttv on Jul 16, '03 11:14:20AM

You could actually shorten the command to:

sudo chmod -R 777 "/Applications/Adobe Illustrator 10.0.3"

Actually, Illustrator is not the only Adobe app having problems with non-admin users (though this one is new to me). If the admin installs the various Photoshop updates beyond the 7.0.1 update -- these updates consist of manually copying various plug-ins -- then both ownership and access rights will be wrong for the standard users leading to a number of problems.

I fix this using two commands:
sudo chown -R root:admin "path/to/app"
sudo chmod -R 775 "path/to/app"

It has worked with After Effects, InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere -- even without giving world write access. I also use this formula for apps not installed as root, e.g. Flash MX and MS Office X, though a few minor apps will not launch without world write access.



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Fix Save for Web permissions error in Adobe Illustrator
Authored by: deleted_user18 on Jul 18, '03 09:50:13AM

Same with PS Elements 2.0. Other users get errors that a file can't be accessed (the message does not say which one...) every five minutes.

Shame on you Adobe...



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