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The System Integrity Protection (vulgo “rootless”) feature of OS X El Capitan protects critical filesystem areas from root user modification attempts.
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What is the "rootless" feature in El Capitan, really?
This allows Apple to make changes to SIP-protected parts of the OS without needing to change the existing SIP protections. … In addition to the list of SIP exceptions which Apple has set in rootless.conf, there is a second list of SIP exceptions. …
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How does a program modify /usr but I am unable to even with admin privileges?
It is possible to add, remove or change SIP-protected files and directories via an installer package which is signed by Apple’s own certificate authority. … This allows Apple to make changes to SIP-protected parts of the OS without needing to change the existing SIP protections. …
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How do I disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) AKA "rootless" on macOS?
It's possible to disable SIP by booting to Recovery HD and running the following command:
csrutil disable
It is also possible to enable SIP protections and selectively disable aspects of it, by adding … All require being booted from Recovery in order to set them:
Enable SIP and allow installation of unsigned kernel extensions
csrutil enable --without kext
Enable SIP and disable filesystem protections …
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Error configuring mcrypt after upgrading to El Capitan
El Capitan adds a new security feature named System Integrity Protection (SIP). … For more information on SIP, please see this post:
https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/system-integrity-protection-adding-another-layer-to-apples-security-model/ …