4.5. Managing Filesystem Permissions in OS X
There's a lot of misinformation and confusion surrounding the proper management of permissions in OS X. Discussion of the topic have been fairly heated since the migration from OS 9, which had very loose capabilities for delegating, assigning, and managing rights. OS X, in contrast was a native multiuser OS, and as such, it had permission-based restrictions in its heart and soul.
Admins doing migrations "panic'd," mass chaos ensued, and suddenly all you heard were complaints about permissions problems. Granted, in the early days, dealing with rights in OS X was a bit of a nightmare, but the situation is much better now. There's no reason why a modern-day environment running 10.5 or 10.6 should continue ...
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