[vox-tech] Permission Denied Error

[Jeff Newmiller]

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" <atyazdi at 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. Where else would I be able to
>perform such task on my system?
>Thanks a bunch,
>Anahita
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