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Rachel R.2's avatar
Rachel R.2
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
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"Dropbox needs to change permissions" message on startup

Lately, every time I start my Mac (OS 10.14.6) I get a message that reads (in full):  "Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder: /Users/[name]/Dropbox Enter your password to allow this"...
desktop
Setting up the apps
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    7 years ago

    Hi Rachel R.2,

    Can you try following commands in terminal:

    sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
chmod -R u+rw "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"

    Will be asked for your password (sudo).

    Hope this helps. :wink:

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
5 years ago
mcarter wrote:

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PS: One thing you can try as a workaround, if there is nothing you want to sync in "Incompatible Software" folder, is move this folder outside your Desktop. Put it on some place outside of any sync scope.

 

That worked - I am no longer receiving requests for my password on startup or reboot. Thanks for your persistence. 

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Hi mcarter,

Yes, 😉 Now you will not be asked for you password continuously!

 

mcarter wrote:

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I also did a search on problems deleting qmasterd:

 

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/341068/how-do-i-delete-qmasterd-in-incompatible-software-folder

 

It looks like it can only be deleted when the system is not running so I will try deleting it from the recovery drive.

Seems, the folder isn't SIP protected. We haven't checked this protection for the file. Could be assumed it is. Such a protection is active only on system device/partition/volume. If you can move the folder on other (non system) place. you could do whatever you want (including deletion of containing files). Other way, if you can't move folder out of your system partition, could be turning the SIP protection off temporary. And of course, if you boot up from a recovery drive, the place where 'qmasterd' is in will not be on system place in that time (in the same time system place is different and/or SIP is turn off). Do whatever is most convenient for you. 😉

Good luck.

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mcarter
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Thanks again for your help (and persistence).

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