[vox-tech] Permission Denied Error

[Anahita Yazdi]

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 <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>wrote:

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> "Anahita Yazdi" <atyazdi at 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 <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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