[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 202, Issue 66

[Adrien Monteleone]

But /opt isn’t for user data files according to that standard. The user’s own data should still be under their /users tree.

For example, you could build LibreOffice and store it in /opt, but your individual documents would be under /users. (/home in the linux tree)

I’d say the simpler and safer solution (rather than disabling SIP) is to relocate the data files to the /Users area where there are no permissions issues.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jan 26, 2020 w5d26, at 11:46 AM, Bruce Schuck <bschuck at asgard-systems.com> wrote:
> 
> On 1/26/20 09:00, D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> And yet, still unanswered is why a user would put their data files into /opt in the first place...
> 
> Because OSX is under the hood is very similar to *Nix and BSD systems.
> Those who are putting their data files under /opt are probably doing so
> to follow the Linux Hierarchy Standard. As a long time *Nix geek (first
> introduced to Unix on Gould computers running Gould UTX and AT&T 3B2
> systems running AT&T Sys V sometime around 1986/1987). Simple answer,
> because they can and they want to. :)
> 
> See http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/index.html for
> reference.
> 
> I mentioned trying "csrutil disable" because I have not yet updated to
> Catalina. Seems it breaks a few things at the office, mainly Cisco
> Anyconnect. Worth a shot I thought. But as someone else mentioned, Apple
> has added layer of filesystem complexity that could be affecting access
> to /opt. I found this:
> https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/367158/whats-system-volumes-data/367159#367159
> and https://nektony.com/duplicate-finder-free/folders-permission
> 
> - Bruce S.