Re: [Matplotlib-users] Permission error after installing MPL 1.0 on Mac

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Peter Hoekje <ph...@bw...> wrote:

>  I had this same problem.  Installed
>
> matplotlib-1.0.0-python.org-py2.6-macosx10.4.dmg  on 15 Sept 2010
>
> from matplotlib.sourceforge.net  on OSX 10.6.1 and python 2.6 from
> python.org,  and got same error when trying to plot(something).  It turns
> out that all the image files (for buttons on the plot window, etc) in that
> directory have permissions similar to
>
> -rw--w----  instead of  -rwxr-xr-x.
>
> In our case, the lab administrator account (say, “labadmin”) has
> administrator privileges and was used to give permission to run the
> installer.  However, the files end up being owned by “macadmin”, and
> labadmin isn’t able to chmod or chown them.   Otherwise, it would have
> been an easy problem to solve.
>
> I just checked the bug tracker and didn’t see this error listed.
>
>
>
> peter
>
> This might actually be the closest explanation and diagnosis that I have
seen on this issue.  However, I am curious why the labadmin account could
not chmod those files?  Also, how do the permissions of those files compare
to the permissions of everything else?  Why is it that the behavior is
different for those files compared to the python modules themselves?

Ben Root