11-14-2006, 07:58 PM

i am trying to install a program that requires that I navigate to my /var folder. So i tried going to find and doing a go->go to-> var
that didn't work it said that folder didn't exist.

Then I tried going into terminal and doing

cd ..
cd ..

until there was nowhere else to go

then i did a cd var

it was there.

then i tried to create a folder and it said i have don't have permissions.

then i found out that all the stuff in the var folder was in the

cd ..
cd ..
cd /private/var

For some reason I can't access the regular var folder like i am an admin. I checked in accounts and I am definitely listed as an admin. let me know if there is anyting i can do about this. Thanks.

james

11-14-2006, 08:34 PM

As I understand it you have /var folder but you can't do changes it. Is that right?

Add sudo before the rest of the command (Eg. #sudo mkdir /var/<Folder Name>)

Then it will ask you for the password. Enter the pw and hit Return

Should work.

11-15-2006, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by novicew

As I understand it you have /var folder but you can't do changes it. Is that right?

Add sudo before the rest of the command (Eg. #sudo mkdir /var/<Folder Name>)

Then it will ask you for the password. Enter the pw and hit Return

Should work.

Yep, to explain that a little further, you need to be logged in as the system administrator (root) to modify that folder. A regular administrator account does not have the permissions, but can access the root accound using sudo <command>.