Is there any way to view folders that require root access to open, in Finder? I can open them with sudo in the terminal but it would be good if some setting or script allowed me to look at hidden folders in Finder? I am running OSX 10.9.
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Simplest would be to add yourself to the ACL. I can do it in BatChmod, but for terminal you'll need to wait for someone smarter than me to answer ;-)– TetsujinCommented Aug 22, 2016 at 17:55
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Sometimes it is useful to quit the Finder application and reopen as the root user. You can quit the Finder application by entering the following command in a Terminal application window.
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to quit'
Below is the Terminal application commands for opening as root user. I assume here that you have first quit any previous opened Finder applications.
If using Mavericks (OS X 10.9) or Yosemite (OS X 10.10):
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder 2>&1 | logger &
If using Yosemite (OS X 10.10) or El Capitan (OS X 10.11):
sudo login -f root
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder 2>&1 | logger &
exit
answered Aug 22, 2016 at 22:30
