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Can't symlink to /home on mac lion
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<blockquote data-quote="timinak" data-source="post: 1312560" data-attributes="member: 214908"><p>I'm finding that if I try to symlink to the /<strong>home</strong> directory, I get an <strong>operation not permitted</strong> error. That is using MC as root. I have noted that the permissions</p><p>for /<strong>home</strong> are <span style="color: DarkRed">555</span>. I'm not an OS guru, and I</p><p>don't want to change permissions if </p><p>1)Changing permissions for /home is a bad idea <strong>OR</strong></p><p>2)It would be a bad idea for any other reason.</p><p></p><p>My reason for investigating this is that I am attempting to migrate from a linux workstation.</p><p>I have many control (or project) files that have paths with <strong>/home/</strong> hard - coded.</p><p>The corrolary on mac lion will be <strong>/Users/</strong>. Thus, if I could put symlinks in /home,</p><p>those paths should still be valid.</p><p></p><p>So: Why the block of symlinking to /home? And what is the use for /home?</p><p>thanks</p><p>tim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timinak, post: 1312560, member: 214908"] I'm finding that if I try to symlink to the /[B]home[/B] directory, I get an [B]operation not permitted[/B] error. That is using MC as root. I have noted that the permissions for /[B]home[/B] are [COLOR="DarkRed"]555[/COLOR]. I'm not an OS guru, and I don't want to change permissions if 1)Changing permissions for /home is a bad idea [B]OR[/B] 2)It would be a bad idea for any other reason. My reason for investigating this is that I am attempting to migrate from a linux workstation. I have many control (or project) files that have paths with [B]/home/[/B] hard - coded. The corrolary on mac lion will be [B]/Users/[/B]. Thus, if I could put symlinks in /home, those paths should still be valid. So: Why the block of symlinking to /home? And what is the use for /home? thanks tim [/QUOTE]
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