Re: Propagating file permissions?

I found my answer. Ownership of the files was screwed up. So, I went back
to the Security tab, opened the Advanced dialog, selected its Owner tab,
changed the owner to the correct account, and checkmarked the "Replace owner
on subcontainers and objects' box.


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