chmod error on new shell

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 16, 2009, at 14:15, TjL wrote:

> I installed the newest version to my Dropbox using the source version,
> and it seems to work fine, but whenever I open a new shell I now get 4
> error messages:
>
> chmod: Unable to change file mode on
> /Users/luomat/Dropbox/bin/daemondo: Operation not permitted
>
> chmod: Unable to change file mode on /Users/luomat/Dropbox/bin/port:
> Operation not permitted
>
> chmod: Unable to change file mode on
> /Users/luomat/Dropbox/bin/portindex: Operation not permitted
>
> chmod: Unable to change file mode on
> /Users/luomat/Dropbox/bin/portmirror: Operation not permitted
>
> (they usually do not have spaces between them, I added them for  
> readability)
>
> I don't see anything in my ~/.zshenv, so I assume it's coming from
> some other config file, but I can't figure out what/where.

I'm not sure why those errors are happening. I also don't use zsh. By  
"Dropbox" I assume you mean that the folder /Users/luomat/Dropbox is  
shared as write-only via file sharing so that others can send you  
files over the network? If so, why would you install MacPorts inside  
such a folder?