On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:46 AM, richardsan wrote: > i've started dragging things off that partition to erase, and came to a > locked folder: system=>library=>user templates...unlock it and it contains > the foreign languages templates...is this folder supposed to be locked to > everyone except the system? i'm guessing it's something there at the first > initiating startup for all users, and after selecting the language > preferences this is locked up...?
Yes, the System folder is usually off limits. > also there is, in the get info pallet, a user called "wheel"...with a few > checks it only has read access to some folders...? the group 'wheel' is an old old thing from Unix. Members of the 'wheel' group are the users allowed to use 'su' (or sudo in OS X). In OS X those are all users with the administrator privilege. Back in the 10.1 days, iirc admin users' primary group actually was wheel, later in 10.2 it was changed to 'staff' nd qwith the advent of 10.4, users were given their own primary group the same name as their user; this has been done to better protect user directories and files from unauthorized access. <http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/the-wheel-group/> There's some interesting tinfoilhattage in the comments. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
