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Locking files and folders to prevent changes
Authored by: mattcrane on Aug 15, '04 03:04:38AM

I have a locked folder on my desktop named "Documents".
I created it, and somehow it became locked.
I tried using the "chflags nouchg" command to unlock it (while in single user mode in Panther 10.3.5) and received message "chflags: Documents: Read-only file system". It will not change the flag of this folder, so I cannot get rid of it!! Very annoying.
Through the "Get Info" window in the GUI, I have all read-write permissions on the folder (I am the only user account on the machine).

Any suggestions? I can't find any information on how to get rid of this thing anywhere.... our local Apple rep (who is pretty Pro at a lot of this stuff) couldn't do it either... any help would be great! Thanks.



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Read-only file system in single-user mode
Authored by: hayne on Aug 19, '04 11:51:39AM

The filesystem is (as you have found out) read-only by default in single-user mode. To make it writable, you need to execute the command:

mount -uw /



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