Is my IDLE problem caused by .idlerc? Permissions.

[W. eWatson]

On 12/24/2011 11:35 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:55:48 -0800, "W. eWatson"
> <wolftracks at invalid.com>  wrote:
>
>>
>> Permissions as follows:
>> SYSTEM: All. From Full control to write
>> Account Unknown(S-1-5-21...): read&exec, Read
>> Wayne: (normal use) All. From Full control to write
>> Admin: All. From Full control to write
>> WMPNetwork:  Read
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> .idlerc permissions are slightly different for Account Unknown.
>
> 	"Account Unknown" refers to a user account that has been deleted
> (or, via some other system corruption, is no longer associated with a
> login name -- happened to me earlier this year: my user account "name"
> had been "Wulfraed" but the user account directory was under "Dennis Lee
> Bieber"... When the registry crashed it disconnected name "Wulfraed"
> from directory "Dennis Lee Bieber"... Lost a month of email once I got
> done creating a new user account where directory and name matched and
> restored from backup [I failed to back-up the old user directory before
> trying a remove/create user]).
>
> 	My suggestion would be, first, remove privileges for that remnant
> account where-ever found; check higher directory levels too, and try to
> propagate the privilege downwards.
>
> 	Second -- could the file itself be set for read-only on the simple
> properties? I just tested with Win7 -- setting the general "read-only"
> did not make any changes to any of the security tab "users". Third,
> confirm the owner of the file is your current user account; if not,see
> if you can get "take ownership" option for the file to work.
>
>
I wonder if removing the "Account Unknown" account might just do it. Not 
quite familiar with Owner, but I'll look around.

I'll check the file for "read only".