[vox-tech] Permission Denied Error

[Anahita Yazdi]

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 <jdnewmil at 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" <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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