Sounds to me like the file is read-only and I would strongly encourage you to desist in your attempts to modify it. You are very unlikely to obtain the results you desire by making such a change.
"Anahita Yazdi" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, >I am working on a Mac OS X 10.6.2, I installed a software program through >terminal and wanted to change some details on one of its header files >(extension *.h) however I am getting a permission denied error in terminal >when I open it as a "vi" file. I tried "sudo" but it is still not working. >It is a file that is apparently owned by the root. I tried to disable/enable >the root on this system from apple's official discussion page but the option >"edit" in "Open Directory Utility" is missing. Where else would I be able to >perform such task on my system? >Thanks a bunch, >Anahita >_______________________________________________ >vox-tech mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<[email protected]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
