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Mac Host files? system/wheel/everyone?
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<blockquote data-quote="trellaine" data-source="post: 1316980" data-attributes="member: 54163"><p>I know very little about host files and perhaps I shouldn't have tried editing one for my iphone/gsm.apple.com</p><p></p><p>My question is this:</p><p></p><p>When I "get info" for the "hosts" folder I notice at the bottom the following which doesn't seem right??</p><p></p><p>Under "sharing and permissions"</p><p>I see </p><p>system=>read/write</p><p>wheel=> read only</p><p>everyone=> read only</p><p></p><p>I have no idea what wheel and everyone refers to? Am i open to some attack etc?</p><p></p><p>A bit panicy at this stage <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Oops.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Oops:" title="Oops :Oops:" data-shortname=":Oops:" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks a bunch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trellaine, post: 1316980, member: 54163"] I know very little about host files and perhaps I shouldn't have tried editing one for my iphone/gsm.apple.com My question is this: When I "get info" for the "hosts" folder I notice at the bottom the following which doesn't seem right?? Under "sharing and permissions" I see system=>read/write wheel=> read only everyone=> read only I have no idea what wheel and everyone refers to? Am i open to some attack etc? A bit panicy at this stage :Oops: Thanks a bunch [/QUOTE]
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