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10.4: Fix an iSync/Palm Conduit install issue
Authored by: scotty321 on Aug 17, '05 10:19:36AM

The solution that worked for us with Tiger 10.4 was provided by Michael Lafferty on the Apple Discussion boards. This is what Michael Lafferty had to say:

The problem is one of permissions assigned by the Palm Desktop during installation, conflicting with the requirements of iSync. According to my configuration settings, your permissions for the folders listed below should appear as described below the pathname to that folder:

For the Macintosh HD:Applications:Palm folder:

Ownership & Permissions

You can: Read & Write

Details

Owner: <shortusername>
Access: Read & Write

Group: admin
Access: Read & Write

Others: Read only

For the Macintosh HD: HD:Library:Application Support:Palm Desktop folder:

Ownership & Permissions

You can: Read & Write

Details

Owner: <shortusername>
Access: Read & Write

Group: admin
Access: Read & Write

Others: Read only

For the Macintosh HD: HD:Library:Application Support:Palm HotSync folder:

Ownership & Permissions

You can: Read & Write

Details

Owner: <shortusername>
Access: Read & Write

Group: admin
Access: Read & Write

Others: Read only

You can either reset those values manually, [then restart and recheck them to be sure that they are set correctly] or use the Terminal application by typing these strings listed below this example - substituting your short user name - as shown below:

sample: "sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Applications/Palm"

actual: "sudo chown -R michaellafferty:admin /Applications/Palm

…where michaellafferty is the <shortusername>. Be sure to pay attention to the spaces in each string, and the direction of the / or \ [forward and back slash] characters.

Here are the appropriate Terminal entries:

sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Applications/Palm [NOTE: at this point, you'll be asked to enter your login password]
sudo chmod -R 775 /Applications/Palm
sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ HotSync/
sudo chown -R <shortusername>:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/
sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Palm\ Desktop/

Again, pay particular attention to the spaces and to the \ characters, as both are critical to the syntax of these commands. Remember to place your actual shortusername in the string where the <shortusername> placeholder is shown, as in the sample above. [Do not include the < and > characters.]



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