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tokyobreakfasttoday at 12:07 AM2 repliesview on HN

What does that even mean? NTFS file access permissions (35 years old at this point) are far more powerful than 1970s-era Unix permissions model.


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emmelaichtoday at 12:56 AM

It's referring to the fact that Terminal doesn't have free access to all your files and folders, despite what the traditional file access perms say.

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tcoff91today at 12:48 AM

He’s talking about sandboxing and permissions prompts