Try repairing permissions.
For OS 10.2/10.3:
Go to Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities. Open up Disk Utility. Select
your hard disk, then click the First Aid tab. Click the button to "Repair
Disk Permissions".
For OS 10.1.5:
Download the Repair Privileges utility, free from Apple, and run it:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106900>
On 2/23/05 12:58 AM, in article
1109141916.395887.113100@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "baxelrad"
<brian.axelrad@gmail.com> wrote:
> i had same problem; can you explain how to rebuild the permissions?

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