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Re: Catalina TOO hardened?

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Catalina TOO hardened?
Date 2020-07-10 05:48 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnrgg09h.q31.g.kreme@ProMini.lan> (permalink)
References <neal-E951F8.16575005072020@46.sub-75-242-165.myvzw.com> <hmh3l0Fero4U1@mid.individual.net> <neal-4E5613.22375809072020@46.sub-75-242-165.myvzw.com>

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In message <neal-4E5613.22375809072020@46.sub-75-242-165.myvzw.com> Neal Reid <neal@magma.ca> wrote:
> In article <hmh3l0Fero4U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>> On 2020-07-05, Neal Reid <neal@magma.ca> wrote:
>> > I have been stymied trying to run sudo gpt pr show /dev/disk0 on my
>> > Catalina machime. I have allowed full disk access to Terminal (and a
>> > few other things) but still get "Cannot open /dev/disk0: permission
>> > denied"
>> >
>> > All I want to do is LOOK. Why is that locked down, and how do I get
>> > around it?
>> 
>> I haven't ever used gpt. Is there some piece of information gpt gives
>> you that diskutil doesn't?

> Yes - full disk GUID and bits necessary for running Linux 

So you have never used diskutil then. Perhaps you should read a man
page. Or, you know, maybe just google?

> Not the point of the question gpt is an example of something I used 
> daily before Apple put a barbed wire fence around their walled garden 
> This is MY machine. I did my first Mac development in 1984. I should be 
> allowed to take responsibility for my own machine.

And you can.

> I am sure I won't be the 1st developer to throw up my hands and go to 
> Linux...

Boo-hoo! Disabling SIP is too hard for me, whaa whaa <pout>. I'm going
to go use Linux and hold my breath!

no one cares.

-- 
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My
	idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their
	own, so both of them together is certain death.

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Catalina TOO hardened? Neal Reid <neal@magma.ca> - 2020-07-05 16:57 -0400
  Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-07-06 10:24 +1200
    Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Neal Reid <neal@magma.ca> - 2020-07-09 22:47 -0400
      Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-07-10 15:18 +1200
  Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-06 02:16 +0000
    Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Neal Reid <neal@magma.ca> - 2020-07-09 22:41 -0400
  Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-07-06 17:00 +0000
    Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Neal Reid <neal@magma.ca> - 2020-07-09 22:37 -0400
      Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-10 05:48 +0000
      Re: Catalina TOO hardened? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-07-10 17:52 +0000

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