raziiq Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Hi there i have got a question here, i just wanna change the timeout for my Darwin Bootloader through com.apple.Boot.plist but it says that i dont have the privilege to do so although my account has full read and right access to this file Any suggestions on how to add privileges to this file using my Account??? Pic is also Attached boot.tiff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekreid Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Try in Terminal: sudo nano /Dir/com.apple.boot.plist where Dir is the directory the file is in. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-941134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsweeting Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Or make a copy of the file to your desktop, make the edit - then copy it back. OS X should then ask you to authenticate. Once you've moved it back, then open a terminal and do: sudo -s (enter password) cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration chown -R root:wheel com.apple.Boot.plist Or you could just do repair disk permissions. This happens because the owner of the file is root, not your login. If you log in as root (need to enable root user first) you can make the edit without any messing around. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-941142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raziiq Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Or make a copy of the file to your desktop, make the edit - then copy it back. OS X should then ask you to authenticate. Once you've moved it back, then open a terminal and do: sudo -s (enter password) cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration chown -R root:wheel com.apple.Boot.plist Or you could just do repair disk permissions. This happens because the owner of the file is root, not your login. If you log in as root (need to enable root user first) you can make the edit without any messing around. Well i think its better for me to enable root in order to avoid all this mess. Can you please guide me how to enable root?? And is there any way that i can have all the privileges for my login?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-941145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raziiq Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 anyone??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-945046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingofChaos Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 No, you can't make your account into a duplicate of root. As for enabling it, google is your best friend. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-945123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raziiq Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 ya i googled it and found the solution , now i just have to be careful using it , as just installed iDeneb 10.5.5 and dont wanna screw up my Lappy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-945266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
markpenn Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 plz post how to switch starup volume in darwin bootloarder thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-945288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raziiq Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 what do you mean by switching Volume?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132745-cant-right-to-comapplebootplist/#findComment-945418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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