On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:05:19PM -0700, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > I told you that changing a system header is pointless. What are you hoping to > accomplish by doing this? >
And if you absolutely must, make a local copy of it and reference that local copy in your code. -G > "Anahita Yazdi" <atya...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > > >I need to make changes on a header file but the file is read only for me. I > >need to enable the root user account. How would I be able to do that? > > > >On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Jeff Newmiller > ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>wrote: > > > >> In order to obtain more detailed help you must provide a more detailed > >> question. > >> > >> "Anahita Yazdi" <atya...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > >> > >> >I am confused then so what should I do to overcome the problem. I will > >> >really be appreciated for more detailed help please > >> >Thanks a lot > >> >Anahita > >> > > >> >On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> 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" <atya...@ucdavis.edu> 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. 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