On 12/02/2004, at 17:50 (GMT), David P, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >ahh i see. what if you su'd to root and changed >the read and execute permissons to root only? and >apply updates and things as root.
If you changed all the permissions on your machine to root, you'd only be able to make changes to files, etc as root. Messing around with root is an extremely bad idea (as is messing around with permissions on files/directories) unless absolutely necessary and you know what the consequences will be. Try looking at: <http://www.macosxhints.com/> for very good OS X stuff and recommended reading is: `Learning The Unix Operating System' by Peek, Todino & Strang pub: O'Reilly ISBN - 0596002610 & `Unix Power Tools' by Peek, O'Reilly & Loukides pub: O'Reilly ISBN - 1565922603 Regards, Phil. -- BSD -- A psychoactive drug, popular in the 80s, probably developed at U. C. Berkeley or thereabouts. Similar in many ways to the prescription-only medication called `System V' but infinitely more useful. (Or at least more fun). The full chemical name is `Berkeley Standard Distribution'. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
