Re: Allowing noschg in multi-user mode on Mac OS X
"Michael Maddex" <michaelm-a9faqb/[email protected]>
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Have you tried using the "sudo" command? For example: $ sudo chflags noschg test.txt O'Reilly also has some books and tips for *nix users and OS X. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html HTH. Kelly Jones wrote: > Most FreeBSD kernels let you set a flag(?) to decide whether "chflags > noschg" will work in multi-user mode. > > How do I do this w/ Mac OS X? Here's what happens when I do "chflags > noschg" in multi-user mode: > > # chflags noschg test.txt > chflags: test.txt: Operation not permitted > > The opposite, "chflags schg", works fine. I realize this is a security > feature (you can protect files in multi-user mode, but not vica > versa), but it's annoying. > > I also realize I can boot into single-user mode > (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106388) where "chflags > noschg" works just fine, but I'd like to use noschg more as advisory > protection from myself, not something that requires single-user mode > to undo. > -- Michael Maddex -- Instructor Computer Science and Technology Northern New Mexico College "Talk is cheap. Show me the code." --Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ NMLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug