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Hello,


SInce I use EL Capitan beta, I have to ask this here.


Some applications (under /Applications), are greyed, and some I can open, I get this message:

You do not have permission to open the application “BBEdit”.

Contact your computer or network administrator for assistance.


I know I can fix things as 'root' user, but I need an expert to tell me the correct commands to handle this.

When I Get info for applications, some have ownership admin + everyone, with privilege 'No Access' .

Some say 'Fetching...' , under the owner name.


What should I do ?


I think there should be a fix for the main root system, and another for my own admin user.

I also included below the list of all my applications with ownership info. used command: ls -l


How can I fix all owner issues on my machine ?


Sincerely


Dan

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OS X EL Capitan

10.11 Beta (15A243d)





drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 29 00:12 A Better Finder Rename 9.app

drwxrwxr-x@ 3 root admin 102 Jun 15 18:38 Acorn.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 9 23:08 Affinity Photo.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 28 15:50 Air Video Server HD.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 30 06:24 AirDroid.app

drwxrwxr-x@ 3 root admin 102 Aug 10 13:57 Amberlight.app

drwxrwxr-x@ 5 root admin 170 Aug 11 16:17 Amberlight_v1.2.1

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 App Store.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 9 10:26 Apple Configurator.app

drwx--x--- 3 501 admin 102 Aug 6 12:24 Arq.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 501 admin 102 Nov 12 2014 Art Text 2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 31 19:18 Audio Hijack Pro.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Automator.app

d-----x--- 3 david admin 102 May 26 18:51 BBEdit.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 9 20:52 Bartender.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Mar 26 09:11 Big Mean Folder Machine 2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 25 2013 Billings.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Mar 23 22:06 BookMacster.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 4 13:09 Boom 2.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 501 admin 102 Apr 24 16:26 Business Card Composer 5.app

drwx--x---@ 3 david admin 102 Jul 28 2011 CSS Decoder.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Calculator.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Calendar.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Chess.app

drwx--x---@ 13 david admin 442 Jul 26 21:02 Chrome Apps.localized

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 31 10:13 Cinemagraph Pro.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Oct 12 2014 CleanMyDrive.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 david admin 102 Jul 20 12:25 CleanMyMac 3.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 21 09:11 CloudPull.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 9 12:52 Cobook.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 2 06:37 Coda 2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 19 2011 ColorSchemer Studio.app

drwx--x---@ 3 david admin 102 Jun 19 16:08 ColorSnapper2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 24 2014 ColorStrokes.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 19 02:16 Comic Life 3.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Nov 18 2009 Comic Life Magiq.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 19 02:16 Comic Life.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Contacts.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 5 2013 Converto.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 8 08:47 Cyberduck.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 DVD Player.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 23 2014 DaisyDisk.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Dashboard.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 23 10:52 Deep.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Aug 22 2013 Delibar.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 18 09:04 DeltaWalker.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Dictionary.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Feb 27 2008 Disco.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 10 09:05 Disk Doctor.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 21 10:59 Disk Map.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Aug 1 2012 Domainer.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Aug 6 01:53 Dropbox.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 21 12:52 Droplr.app

drwx--x---@ 3 david admin 102 Jan 13 2015 Ember.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 25 17:55 Espresso.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 11 16:26 ExpanDrive.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 5 23:55 Export Address Book.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 11 21:38 Export Calendars Pro.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 20 09:23 ExpressBurn.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 9 10:26 FX Photo Studio PRO.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 FaceTime.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 6 13:06 File Juicer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 22 2013 File Viewer.app

drwxrwxr-x 10 root admin 340 Mar 16 17:39 FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced

-rw-r--r--@ 1 501 admin 962344 Aug 26 2014 FileMaker Pro Advanced.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:58 Fission.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 6 07:20 Flux.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 10 2014 Focus 2.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Font Book.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 4 501 admin 136 Jul 10 22:27 Freeway6Pro612

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 1 20:45 Fresh.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 5 23:55 GIFBrewery.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:57 GIFs.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Game Center.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 1 00:43 GarageBand.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:57 Gemini.app

drwxrwxr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Aug 8 00:10 Google Chrome.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 10 08:50 GraphicConverter 9.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Apr 9 14:03 Hype2.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Image Capture.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:58 Image Vectorizer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 23 17:39 ImageOptim.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 25 22:37 Inpaint 6.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 11 19:12 Intensify Pro.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Oct 9 2014 Interarchy.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 23 10:38 JPEGmini.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 22 11:23 Keynote.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 22 11:26 Kindle.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Launchpad.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 7 07:05 Leap.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 19 17:30 Logoist 2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 May 27 21:58 MDRP.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Nov 8 2014 MacJournal.app

drwxrwxr-x 10 501 admin 340 Aug 12 07:36 MacScan 2

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 4 17:50 MacUpdate Desktop.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 May 27 13:01 Mail Designer Pro 2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 15 11:06 Mail Designer.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Mail.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Maps.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Mar 25 17:43 MarsEdit.app

drwxrwxrwx@ 12 501 admin 408 Apr 26 19:05 MaxBulk Mailer

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 21 01:54 Mellel.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Messages.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Mission Control.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Mar 26 05:59 Money

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 501 admin 936148 Jul 19 08:06 Network Utility.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:59 Noiseless.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Notes.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jan 27 2015 NovaMind5.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 22 11:24 Numbers.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 6 11:43 OmniFocus.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 11 00:00 OmniGraffle.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 30 01:27 OmniOutliner.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 27 11:04 PDF Squeezer.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Jul 13 23:05 PDFpenPro.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 22 11:24 Pages.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 4 root admin 136 Jul 28 23:46 Parallels Desktop.app

d---r-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Apr 27 22:00 Path Finder.app

drwx--x--- 3 501 admin 102 May 6 2014 Permute.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Apr 29 08:38 PhoneClean.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Photo Booth.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 12 15:02 Photo Meta Edit.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 11 21:38 PhotoSweeper.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Photos.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Mar 31 2014 Picturesque.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 13 17:02 Pin Pro for Pinterest.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 david admin 102 Jul 23 00:14 Pinegrow Web Designer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 10 2014 Pixa.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 4 16:41 Pixelmator.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 19 19:49 Pocket.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 3 13:57 Poedit.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:58 PopClip.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 22 22:09 PortAuthority.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 david admin 102 Aug 6 01:53 Postbox.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 15 17:36 Posterino.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 21 01:49 PowerPhotos.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Preview.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 27 09:06 Prizmo.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Dec 17 2012 PulpMotion3.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Mar 13 07:58 Querious.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 QuickTime Player.app

drwx--x---@ 2 david admin 68 Aug 12 07:43 RapidWeaver 6.app

drwx--x--- 3 501 admin 102 Jul 31 13:26 RapidWeaver 7.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 15 11:06 ReadKit.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 4 2011 Recovery Disk Assistant.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Mar 25 17:45 Reflector.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 23 10:38 Reformator.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Reminders.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Safari.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 9 23:09 Scribe.app

drwxr-xr-x 4 501 admin 136 Jun 22 2014 Security

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 10 19:17 Share Bucket.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 7 06:39 SiteSucker.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Nov 3 2014 Sketch Toolbox.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 23 14:59 Sketch.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 27 10:27 Skype.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 27 14:41 Slicy.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 5 13:43 Smart Converter Pro 2.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jun 4 16:30 Snapheal Pro.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 2 08:35 Snapselect.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Mar 25 17:45 Sony Ericsson Bridge for Mac.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:58 Soulver.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Feb 22 2013 Soundboard.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:58 Spillo.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 1 2014 Stationery Pack.app

drwxrwxrwx@ 3 501 admin 102 Jan 17 2014 StellarPartitionManager.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Stickies.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Jun 18 08:55 Suite for Pages.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Nov 20 2014 SuperDuper!.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 7 2014 Swift Publisher 3.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 10 22:29 Syncovery.app

drwxrwxr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 System Preferences.app

drwxr-xr-x 4 501 admin 136 Jun 23 10:36 System Utilities

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:58 Tap Forms.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 TextEdit.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 11 2014 TextSoapMenu-MAS.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Aug 7 06:45 Time Machine.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Dec 5 2013 Timeline 3D.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 11 07:57 TokenLock.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 20 10:10 Tonality.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Apr 28 09:37 Toolbox for Pages.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 27 09:07 Toolbox for iWork.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Sep 24 2014 Transmit.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 7 11:51 TunesKit for Mac.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 4 10:03 Tweetbot.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Oct 3 2014 Twitter.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Dec 6 2014 URL Extractor 4.app

drwxr-xr-x 23 root admin 782 Jul 10 17:16 Utilities

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 14 2014 VCard Explorer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Apr 14 23:09 VLC.app

drwxrwxr-x 19 501 admin 646 Jul 29 17:02 ViewPower2.11SP1

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 6 17:23 Viscosity.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 29 07:16 Voila.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 9 12:52 WiFi Explorer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 9 14:57 WiFi Scanner.app

drwx--x--- 3 501 admin 102 Aug 4 2012 Wineskin Winery 2.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Mar 22 2013 WireTap Studio.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 7 06:39 Wizard.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 3 15:06 Wondershare Helper Compact

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Apr 21 2014 Wondershare MobileGo for Android Pro.app

drwx--x--- 3 501 admin 102 Jul 30 06:19 Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 6 11:43 Wunderlist.app

drwxr-xr-x 13 root admin 442 Jul 23 16:07 XAMPP

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Oct 18 2014 YNAB 4.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 5 23:55 Yep.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Aug 7 07:06 calibre.app

-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 0 Nov 27 2013 com.equinux.StationeryPack.pkg

drwxrwxrwx@ 10 501 admin 340 Mar 26 05:59 eMail Bounce Handler

drwxrwxrwx@ 10 501 admin 340 Mar 7 2014 eMail Extractor

drwxrwxrwx@ 9 501 admin 306 Mar 7 2014 eMail List Builder

drwxrwxrwx@ 13 501 admin 442 Nov 20 2013 eMail Verifier

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 12 2014 iAd Producer.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 1 00:29 iBooks Author.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Aug 7 06:45 iBooks.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 15 2011 iDVD.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb 6 2015 iDraw.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 21 22:21 iExplorer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 Jul 31 20:40 iMazing.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 27 15:45 iMovie.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 8 13:51 iNet Network Scanner.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 admin 102 May 8 01:44 iPhoto Library Manager.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Mar 21 11:00 iPhoto.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 21 17:04 iResizer 3.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 4 13:09 iThoughtsX.app

drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 29 2014 iTunes Producer.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 14 06:49 iTunes.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 4 501 admin 136 Mar 3 2014 iWork Converter.app

drwxr-xr-x@ 3 501 admin 102 Oct 29 2014 sqlitebrowser.app

drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Nov 12 2014 textsoap7.app

drwx--x--- 3 501 admin 102 Apr 5 2014 unetbootin.app

Hi.


The ability to manually repair permissions has actually been removed from El Capitan - even from the Terminal command line.

following steps should do that for you on El Capitan:


  1. Boot into Recovery Mode (cmd+R).
  2. Central Menu > Disk Utility > Select your El Capitan partition ("Macintosh HD" unless you renamed it at some point) > First Aid.
  3. Reboot normally.


This should fix the permissions. Let me know how you get on 🙂


-Max.

I have the same issue with rootless. One of my external drives has system as only user with read write access, thereby making it impossible to write to disk. Ran disk utility which failed because of write limited to system. Turned off system integrity check with terminal successfully, problem still remains.


Any ideas for how to add additional user to drive with read write permissions?

Hi Seamus,


I'm happy to try to help with that but would you mind starting your own thread? Having had the experience of trying to troubleshoot issues down different avenues with multiple people in the same thread, I'm encouraging people to start their own threads rather than append to someone else's.


Thanks,

Max.

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