While I understand the reason, it still seems to me that anything in a
user folder (including the Library folder) should belong to the user.
Users shouldn't stumble over permission issues when attempting to back
up their own data. If it needs to be protected, keep it somewhere
else, not in the user's own folder.
Just my opinion.
Kevin
On Aug 19, 6:46 pm, jacobly wrote:
> Since you probably have admin privileges, you can see the index files
> (and change the permissions for the desktop indexes)
> This is the intended behavior under unix-style OSes (like Mac OS X)
> and doesn't have anything to do with Google Desktop.
> Since the indexes can potentially take up a huge amount of space (Mine
> are currently taking up 5.6 GB), it would be poor form to eat up and
> occupy such a large amount of space without providing *some* sort of
> indication that this is happening (In the form of the visible index
> files). The fact that the files require an admin password to delete,
> move, etc... ensures that you can't modify them accidentally.
> Jacob
