I have file copied from an usb hard drive with a previous installation of os yosemite copied in it. Now I'm using Sierra.
The status of the file:
karim@doraemon:~/Downloads
$ ll Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
-rw-r--r--@ 1 karim staff 4.5M Jan 3 19:42 Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
I have the same name user of my previous installation, maybe this could be a problem, but I'm not sure because from the finder, if I check permissions, I get 'Karim (Me)' as a owner.
karim@doraemon:~/Downloads
$ whoami
karim
I change the permissions:
karim@doraemon:~/Downloads
$ chmod 777 Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
The file permissions are changed.
karim@doraemon:~/Downloads
$ ll Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 karim staff 4.5M Jan 3 19:42 Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
As you can see, I'can't modify the filename.
karim@doraemon:~/Downloads
$ mv Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf Python.recipes.handbooksaa.pdf
mv: rename Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf to Python.recipes.handbooksaa.pdf: Permission denied
I already checked on finder and the file is not locked.
As suggested I run this:
karim@d:~/Downloads
$ ls -leO@ Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 karim staff - 4758205 Jan 3 19:42 Python.recipes.handbooks.pdf
com.apple.finder.copy.source.checksum#N 4
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot 50
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot 50
com.dropbox.attributes 83
0: group:everyone deny write,delete,append,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
The last line seems to explain what is happening on the file.
Best Answer
It looks like those files are coming from a Time Machine backup, and still have the don't-mess-up-the-backup access control ("group:everyone deny write,delete,append,writeattr,writeextattr,chown") attached. You can remove this with e.g.
You might also want to remove the stray extended attributes with