Error while executing .plist file Path had bad ownership/permissions
TerminalPlistTerminal Problem Overview
Getting a error while executing the plist
file in terminal
ERROR : Path had bad ownership/permissions
- I created a plist file using
xcode 6
and saved the plist file in pathlibrary/launchdaemons/myfile.plist
myfile.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>myfile</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Desktop/myscript.sh</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>14</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>35</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
2) In terminal i used the sudo launchctl load
command to load the plist
file
sudo launchctl load /library/launchdaemons/myfile.plist
3) After that i am getting this error
/Library/LaunchDaemons/myfile.plist: Path had bad ownership/permissions
Where i am going wrong ?
Terminal Solutions
Solution 1 - Terminal
Try changing the ownership of the .plist file:
sudo chown root /Library/LaunchDaemons/myfile.plist
sudo chgrp wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/myfile.plist
or more simply, change the user and group in one command:
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/myfile.plist
It is also worth noting that these root LaunchDaemons
can't be world writable, for security reasons:
sudo chmod o-w /Library/LaunchDaemons/*
Solution 2 - Terminal
The plist file must be owned by root and group wheel as rw only for owner. So root:wheel 600
Solution 3 - Terminal
In addition to the above
sudo chmod 600 /directoryToFile/filename.plist
for example:
sudo chmod 600 com.backup.plist
or
sudo chmod 600 /Library/LaunchDaemons/myfile.plist