henky Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Hi guys, I had this driver I needed to install, but it came with the IATKOS install dvd, so when I tried to run it it wouldn't install because it hadn't asked for the password thus no writing permissions, basicly what i did was open my drive's properties and routing all of it's permissions to the current user, that worked, the driver installed, but now I can't repair permissions with diskutility error: the underlying task reported failure on exit and i already tried setting the owner function back to the pc, but, kernel panic..., whatto do? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84117-permissions-did-something-really-stupid/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Well, you may try to do: sudo chown -R 0:0 folder_name/ on every system folder on your system drive, but it looks like you'll have to do a complete reinstall, sorry. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84117-permissions-did-something-really-stupid/#findComment-597202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
henky Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Well, you may try to do: sudo chown -R 0:0 folder_name/ on every system folder on your system drive, but it looks like you'll have to do a complete reinstall, sorry. ok thnx, can't i just chown the whole drive in one command? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84117-permissions-did-something-really-stupid/#findComment-597462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 No, you can't. That would mess with user's folder permissions, and you'll be unable to use your own user account. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84117-permissions-did-something-really-stupid/#findComment-598931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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