Permissions on OS X Mavericks

adz

Hi,

Can anyone make any suggestions for changing permissions in / on the Boxcryptor directory in Mac OS X Mavericks?

I've upgraded to Boxcryptor 2.0.411 from 1.6 and would like to change the group permissions on the Boxcryptor directory.

adz$ ls -ale /Volumes/ | grep Boxcryptor
drwx------@ 22 adz staff 0 24 May 11:08 Boxcryptor
adz$ sudo chmod 775 /Volumes/Boxcryptor
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /Volumes/Boxcryptor: No such file or directory
adz$ ls -l /Volumes | grep Boxcryptor
drwx------@ 22 adz staff 0 24 May 11:08 Boxcryptor

Mhhh, it's there, but it's not there.

If I try to change permissions for files inside the Dropbox:

adz$ sudo chmod 777 /Volumes/Boxcryptor/Dropbox/Cloud
chmod: /Volumes/Boxcryptor/Dropbox/Cloud: No such file or directory
adz$ ls -la /Volumes/Boxcryptor/Dropbox/ | grep Cloud
drwxr-xr-x 11 adz staff 0 22 Apr 23:19 Cloud

With the previous Boxcryptor Classic changing file permissions was possible. Can someone explain how this can be done? Do I need to use ACLs?

Many thanks,

Adam

adz

Sadly after no response to my support tickets and radio silence on the subject from anyone at Boxcryptor, I have to assume this is not possible.

It's a shame, but right now I have to consider Boxcryptor 2+ a significant downgrade from Boxcryptor 1.6. It has stability issues with mount point and lacks basic features that were available in previous versions. There was huge promise in this application but right now it needs fixing and restoring to some of its former glory.

Let's hope someone is listening or better still fixing, as in the meantime i'm actively seeking alternatives.

Adam

Robert

Hello Adam,

I'm sorry that you did not get any response. I can confirm that it is currently not possible to change the permissions of the Boxcryptor volume (whereas it is possible in Boxcryptor Classic). We will add the possibility to change them in the next version of Boxcryptor for Mac OS X.

We're currently hard working on a new version of Boxcryptor for Mac OS X with improved stability and feature set. I expect a first beta to be ready within the next few weeks.

Best regards,
Robert

adz

Hi Robert,

Any next version available (even if in beta)? Boxcryptor 2 is an unacceptable mess that should never have been released. I've got a Boxcryptor drive with mixed file name encryption (thanks to it not saving preferences!) that drops offline repeatedly and is completely unfunctional in respect of accessibility by Spotlight or any other application. Unless there's some other workable option, i'm going to have to save my sanity and out rule Boxcryptor permanently.

Regards,

Adam

Robert

Hello Adam,

Today we have released the beta version for Boxcryptor for Mac OS X v2.1 which should address most of your issues: Changing permissions of the Boxcryptor Disk is now possible, correct saving of preferences, Spotlight support, etc.

You can find more information here:
https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/blog/try-our-new-mac-os-x-beta-version

Best regards,
Robert

adz

Hi Robert,

I look forward to trying this. A couple of questions:

1) Has the encrypted data changed? i.e. will a complete re-sync of stored data in the cloud be required?

2) Should we uninstall OSXFUSE (old version) prior to installing your new one? I assume it's going to be redundant moving forward.

3) Is there anyway to run v2 and v2.1 side by side?

4) Why continue with two versions of BC? Regular and Classic? Are there any advantages behind moving back to Classic?

Many thanks,

Adam

Robert

Hi Adam,

1) No, there are no changes to the encrypted files.

2) As you like. You can uninstall OSXFUSE but you don't have to. BCFS and OSXFUSE do not interfere with each other. If you don't need it for any other software (e.g. TrueCrypt) you can uninstall it.

3) Sorry, this is not possible.

4) First and foremost because we have lots of Classic users who are just happy with Boxcryptor Classic and asked us to keep the Classic version alive. Our initial plan was to stop development of Boxcryptor 1.x after the Boxcryptor 2.x release - but we abandoned it in favor of our users, rebranded the 1.x versions as Boxcrypotr Classic and we will keep supporting it in the future (but there won't be any huge new features for it).

--Robert