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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"...
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/$USER/Dropbox"
Will be asked for your password (sudo).
Hope this helps. :wink:
Hi Rachel R.2,
Can you try following commands in terminal:
sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$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:
When I do this, I get a couple of directories I cannot change, presumably because that was the intent of the owner.
chown: /Users/[user]/Dropbox/Share/[some-dir]/[some-file].xlsx: Operation not permitted
jorn wrote:..., presumably because that was the intent of the owner. ...
😃 Yes, when particular content is shared by somebody (from other account), it could get limited rights to edit by the sharer; but once some files get in your device who is the content owner (from local system point of view, not from Dropbox service)? 🤔 😁 Definitely, not the owner (according Dropbox) is owning YOUR files locally (by assumption there isn't some distant direct connection, making the distant user a local too). 😉 Don't mix 2 different things!
It's always better be known actual command producing a cited output. There can be some error! If you afraid for privacy, the path can be mangled too (within the post), but the command structure should be left unchanged. You can check who is the "owner" by following command (mangled according your scheme):
ls -l ~/Dropbox/Share/[some-dir]/[some-file].xlsx; id
Result will show you (and to us too, if your share it on a post) who is the owner and if that owner is yourself (eventual matching the results). Permissions, currently set, would be seen too. 😉
Hope this gives a direction.
I'm getting
-rw-------@ 1 jornroot stafffor that file. But, interestingly enough, I have that for (all the) other files in that dir. But only that one tosses me the error. 😕
