File Permissions: Blue Filled READ ONLY means?

[John]

I'm having a struggle with file permissions. I have folders in the program
files that seem to not allow me (admin priv) to change their permission
settings. Please, why can't I change them? And what does a blue filled
permission box mean?

 

[Jimmy Brush]

John wrote:
> I'm having a struggle with file permissions. I have folders in the program
> files that seem to not allow me (admin priv) to change their permission
> settings. Please, why can't I change them? And what does a blue filled
> permission box mean?
>
>

Are you using the security tab?

If you are referring to the green square in the read-only attribute
checkbox, this is the expected behavior when viewing a folder's
properties. The checkbox does not apply to the folder itself the square
means "indeterminate", or in this case, "does not apply to folders".

You can use this checkbox to set or clear the attribute for all files in
that folder.

- JB