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Re: open() BSD call fails on Mac OS Tiger??



On 18/10/05, Peter S Lau <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Oct 18, 2005, at 9:22 AM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
>
> > On 18/10/05, darpan kamboj <email@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>     How can I give the permissions to raw read the hard disk.  I
> >> login the
> >> system as system administrator.
> >
> > What do you mean by "system administrator"? Do you mean root?
>
> The first user created during the OS installation.
>
> if you go to System Preferences : Accounts, the user should be listed
> a s "Admin".

Yes, but "System Administrator" is the long-name that OS X assigns to
root. There is an important distinction.

 -- Finlay
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 >Re: open() BSD call fails on Mac OS Tiger?? (From: Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden>)
 >Re: open() BSD call fails on Mac OS Tiger?? (From: "darpan kamboj" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: open() BSD call fails on Mac OS Tiger?? (From: Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden>)
 >Re: open() BSD call fails on Mac OS Tiger?? (From: Peter S Lau <email@hidden>)



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