Finding Out What Privileges You Have

There are three ways to find out what access privileges you’ve been assigned to a shared item on a volume to which you’re connected.

mLook at the folder icons in the Finder; the icons show your privileges. Tabbed folder: You are the owner of the folder.

Plain folder: You have some access privileges to the folder.

Locked folder: You do not have any access privileges to the folder.

Locked folder with arrow: You only have the Make Changes privilege to the folder.

mIf your computer is using Mac OS 8.0 or later, open the folder. The access privilege icons in the top-left corner of the window tell you what privileges you do not have.

A crossed-out file icon: You can’t see files.

A crossed-out folder icon: You can’t see folders.

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Apple 3.8 user manual Finding Out What Privileges You Have