Re: OS X Installation
- Posted by CraigWelch Jun 04, 2016
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I realise that I didn't complete my initial posting. Shortly after that post I just installed the Unix binaries and other files, and all was good.
However, I just went to install on a new Mac, running OS 10.11.5 (El Capitan) and ran into a snag, which I mention here (with fix) in case anyone else runs into it.
There is a new level of security in this OS, called System Integrity Protection , which means that the root user cannot access every directory. This means that you can't for example, install anything in /usr/bin. The two choices are to install in other directories, or over-ride the security.
I chose the latter. Here are the steps.
- Reboot, forcing recovery mode with command-R
- Open a terminal from the Utilities menu
- Enter 'csrutil disable'
- Restart
You will now have the normal root access to the machine.
It would be prudent to re-enable SIP when finished.