Lion problem report and fix

[Richard Gaskin]

Read-only is distinct from owner.  Root can change the permissions to 
allow writing, and then write.

But I wouldn't do it. If Apple feels those should be read-only, there's 
probably a good reason for it.

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Bob Sneidar wrote:
> Wha??? Root is no longer the Super User?? That is what this amounts to. I am ready to issue a ban on Lion on this network until I can determine the impact this will have on usability. I think this is a step in the wrong direction for Apple.
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> Bob
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> On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:13 PM, Shao Sean wrote:
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>> • Permissions for /Network/Applications and /Network/Library are now mode 555 (unwritable even by root) instead of mode 755 (writable only by root).
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