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The GitHub setup page at https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git has a section on password caching. It states to download the osxkeychain and copy it to /usr/local/bin. I downloaded the file, but get a permission denied error when I try to copy it to the directory specified. How can I get this file copied?

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Why the -1? I am asking why I get a permission denied error. – John Jun 18 '12 at 18:38
no idea. Balanced it out – houbysoft Jun 18 '12 at 18:54

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You will need to use sudo cp instead of just cp to copy a file to /usr/local/bin because /usr/* is only writable for root.

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Thank you. I am a Mac/UNIX newbie, but trying to learn. – John Jun 18 '12 at 19:00

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