Something weird happened on my TiBook running Tiger sometime in the last day or two. Somehow my home directory got locked. I can see it and read files, but whenever I try to delete anything I’m asked to type in my password. And simple shell commands like “cat > test.txt” fail with a “Operation not permitted” message when executed within my home directory. The same command works outside that directory, both above and below it. That is, I can create new files inside directories inside the home directory. It’s just the root level of the home directory that’s giving me troubles. The directory is encrypted with FileVault for whatever that’s worth. <\/p>\n
Has anyone seen anything like this before? Any suggestions?
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Things that have happened recently that may have had an effect:<\/p>\n
1. The computer failed to shut down once. I had to forcefully depower it.<\/p>\n
2. I had one bad startup with an error whine. I had to power cycle the laptop. The next time the computer started up fine.<\/p>\n
3. I repaired permissions last night. <\/p>\n
As near as I can tell all the permissions and ownership and such are set appropriately. I have read and write access to the directory. I just can’t delete files from or create new files in it. <\/p>\n
This is not an emergency. I can read all the files from the hard drive. I just have to keep typing in my password. And it’s not my primary system, just the one I use on the road. If there’s no easy way to fix this, I can straight-forwardly nuke the whole thing and copy everything over from my desktop. But I am curious to know if anyone has seen anything like this before; and, if so, if there’s a simple non-destructive way to fix it.<\/p>\n