[HLUG] how to open mac files

[Sarah Chard]

thanks Matt  - that's what I had assumed - but was not sure if you boot
in using the live cd whether you were root 
SarahO
n Wed, 2010-03-03 at 12:37 +0000, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Quoting Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>:
> 
> > urgent help needed - a friend in france just called me - they had a
> > complete mac crash and are trying to rescue files on my suggestion using
> > an ubuntu cd - they can view the files they want but the files are in
> > their words 'locked' they cannot copy or open them
> > I know nothing about macs - anyone have any ideas what the problem is or
> > how to copy them - as I assume it's a question of permissions
> > Sarah
> 
> They're not working as the root user.  Mac uses POSIX-style  
> permissions so ubuntu will interpret the MAC permissions by default.
> 
> They need to switch to root:
> 
> sudo su -
> 
> Matt
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> Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
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