Error "Insecure world writable dir /Volumes/BOOTCAMP in path, mode 040777"

Question

I tried the answer

sudo chmod go-w

in my /Volumes/BOOTCAMP but I'm still getting the warning

It says

Insecure world writable dir /Volumes/BOOTCAMP in PATH, mode 040777

And when I echo $PATH

I get this:

/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p195@railstutorial_rails_4_0/bin:/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p195@global/bin:/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p195/bin:/Users/anthonybrown/.rvm/bin:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin:/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/usr/local/share/npm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:~/bin:/usr/local/php5/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Volumes/BOOTCAMP/opt/nuodb/bin:/usr/local/mongodb/bin

When I open my .zshrc file I don’t see /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/opt/nuodb. I’ve deleted it, any ideas?

Answer 1

Try running this command:

sudo chmod 775 /Volumes/BOOTCAMP

As well as the one you did previously:

sudo chmod go-w /Volumes/BOOTCAMP

You might need to add the -R (recursive) flag to those commands to ensure all child files and directories beyond /Volumes/BOOTCAMP are affected as well. But I don’t feel comfortable recommending you do that right away since I am not familiar with this error in the context of Bootcamp’s needs and setup.