Talk:System Integrity Protection
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[edit]@Widefox: I don’t think the list is currently all that useful. The order doesn’t make much sense (not alphabetical, not general > specific) and I miss a bit of information on what these articles are about. When I started the section I thought it would be good to list some general topics first and then similar implementations on other systems (e.g. UAC).–Totie (talk) 20:46, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
- They are now sorted ab, per WP:SEEALSO. Some are quite important as they're similar on other platforms. Widefox; talk 21:01, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
- You know that, but many readers probably don’t. Maybe add a short note per WP:SEEALSO?–Totie (talk) 21:07, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
List of protected directories correct?
[edit]Are we sure the list of protected directories is accurate? According to my testing, /tmp is freely writeable in 10.11.3. Kurt (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
- /tmp isn't a directory, so it definitely doesn't belong in a list of protected directories. It's a symbolic link to /private/tmp; the symbolic link is protected, but /private/tmp is not protected (and you'd break tons of software if you made it protected). I've fixed the list. Guy Harris (talk) 21:02, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
According to Apple /etc and /var are not protected in El Capitan. --Loopkid (talk) 00:21, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- Same story - /etc and /var are symlinks to directories in /private; the symlinks are protected by the target directories aren't. Guy Harris (talk) 00:34, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
- I have to admit that this was my mistake. I got the list of directories from the Ars review and was able to confirm the file attribute on these. Given that there is now no reliable source for these, should we not remove that sentence altogether?–Totie (talk) 15:07, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Rename into OS X System Integrity Protection
[edit]I think this page should be renamed to OS X System Integrity Protection to make it easier to google. Speculatrix (talk). What do people think?
- Why do you think that it becomes easier to google? Typing the current name will bring me here, in fact, it is the very first result. Nevertheless, I do not think that it is established Wikipedia policy to name articles after SEO considerations. This is the official name as well as the name currently favoured in secondary sources.–Totie (talk) 15:04, 22 February 2016 (UTC)