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Create a GUI Finder with root access
Perhaps a simpler way to go about this is to directly run the Finder executable using sudo. At the terminal, type this command:
sudo will prompt for your password, then will re-launch Finder with root privileges. Keep the Terminal window open while you do whatever Finder tasks you need to accomplish as root. When you want to end the root Finder session, click back on the Terminal window and type You can create a shell script to make this command easier to run in the future. Here's an very simple example bash script: #!/bin/bash echo echo "*** You are running Finder as root! ***" echo echo Type ctrl-c in the Terminal window to end session. echo sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder Save this script as a plain text file in the /usr/bin directory, its filename will be the command you use to run it, such as Now you can just start the Terminal and type Works great in Leopard! |
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