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Doesn't work...
As of the Security Update, 'sudo open' no longer opens the GUI apps as root. I just tried it again to make sure, and while you can open the Localizable Strings file, you won't be able to save the changes. Pseudo works around this limitation.
Re: Doesn't work...
the only way I would know how would be to enable the root account, "su" up to root from the terminal, and open property list editor from there.
Re: Doesn't work...
Even using su - failes to open gui apps as root. open seems to be the cause. You have to run the executable in the MacOS folder in the package to open it as root.
Doesn't work...
Alternatively, you could simply change the permissions of the file. It starts out as owned by user "root" and group "wheel" with a permissions mode of 644 (rw-r--r--). All you need to do is give the group write permission with:
sudo chmod g+w <path_to>/Localizable.strings where <path_to> is replaced by the actual path to the file mentioned in the article. Now simply open the file with the property list editor and save it. No need to change the owner or run the editor as root. AFAIK all admin users (i.e., ones that can use sudo) are in the "wheel" group.
Doesn't work...
FYI, only users in the admin group, not the wheel group, can use sudo, but it doesn't matter b/c sysprefs automatically adds admin users to both groups. :) |
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