I upgraded my Mac to High Sierra and I wanted to open the sleep image which is situated in /private/var/vm
But when I opened it it showed 'you have no acces to open this file please contact your administrator or network administrator' message like that.I am not sure whether this is a problem with me or has Apple restricted access to sleep image on high sierra
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1Why do you want to do this?– mmmmmmOct 1, 2017 at 12:57
1 Answer
Find these keys on your keyboard command+I this will open the get info window
After the windows opens scroll down and click on the sharing & permission
Now if you don't see your username in the filed which appears after clicking on sharing & permissions then add your username (Admin) by clicking on the plus sign
Now if this doesn't works then again click on the plus sign and add Administrator (First check is Administrator is visible in the filed or not after clicking sharing and permission)
After pressing command+i you will get to see a window like this after which you will have to click on the lock icon!
Then enter your password
Now a second overlaying window will appear on your mac screen
Now, You will have to select either your username or administrators and add it to the sharing and permissions field
After that there wouldn't be any permission issues!
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doesn't work. I don't have necessary permissions to add my name or my group. Sorry. Furthermore this sleepimage is corrupted and the answer seems to delete this file but impossible. Very irritating because my mac book pro restart in the middle of the night every night even though it's closed– MicheleNov 16, 2017 at 1:16
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Try deleting it by entering
sudo rm -r /private/var/vm
this will erase it no matter what– user244378Nov 16, 2017 at 1:25