"apply to enclosed items" grayed out

[garmp]

G5 with OS X10.4. Recently noticed the when I Get Info to change permissions for a folder to read & write for owner, group, & others the Apply to enclosed items is grayed out. Never really had to change this before, but wanted to do this to sent a group of files to someone else for their use. Don't know how or when this changed, nor how do I right it.

Appreciate all and any help.

 

[Egidio]

The little padlock in that window is probably in its locked position. Click on it to unlock it. You'll then be able to change permissions.

 

[garmp]

Did that. Changes user, and any other thing I could change No go! Even created a new account on the hard drive. Nada! Guess I gotta reload the OS. Really didn't want to do that. And really want to know what caused this to know how to avoid it in the future.

Thanks all.

 

[Egidio]

You're welcome. In the current account you're using, did you give yourself administrator privileges? If not, then it'd explain why you can't change the permissions. So, if you decide to create a new user account, you might want to consider giving yourself admin privileges to prevent a repeat of this situation.

Also, have you tried to repair permissions? Run Disk Utility for that (it's in your Applications > Utilities).

 

[garmp]

Am the administrator and ran Disk Utilities, and Onyx to repair permissions.