> On Oct 3, 2015, at 08:30, Sean Lake <odysseus9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I was surprised to learn that in 10.11 Apple has decided to make /usr/bin > unmodifiable, even by root/sudo. I don't know how many folders this extends > to, but I'm curious if anyone on the list knows Apple's rationale? I ask > because, even though I never actually modify those directories, I can't help > but feel it violates the core Unix philosophy that the computer belongs to > the user and, if they're willing to invoke enough voodoo, can modify it > however they wish. > > Thanks, > Sean > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
Here’s a recent article that discusses the situation along with how to override System Integrity Protection (rootless): http://www.macworld.com/article/2986118/security/how-to-modify-system-integrity-protection-in-el-capitan.html Yeah, ideally in Unix systems you’d want to be able to modify anything, but on the other hand best practices indicate that you shouldn’t muck around in the system directories. /usr/local still appears to be modifiable, though. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
