Lion problem report and fix

[Bob Sneidar]

oic I misread. <grasps blindly for his coffee cup>

Bob


On Jul 22, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:13 PM, Shao Sean wrote:
>> 
>>> • 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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