[toffe]

Hi.
I have two accounts on my iBook using Tiger.
I have put the admin rigths to my account, and not to the other.
If, howerver i try to open /Users/{theOtherUser}/Library it says that i don't have enough rigths.

even if i try, in terminal

sudo cd /Users/{theOtherUser}/Library
-- does nothing

sudo ls /Users/{theOtherUser}/Library
-- works

But how about finder. Why can't i open all folders on my computer.

[cybergoober]

Only "root" can open all files and folders on the computer. By issuing sudo you were temporarily acting as root.

This is how it is supposed to work, BTW

[Millennium]

Originally Posted by toffe

Hi.
I have two accounts on my iBook using Tiger.
I have put the admin rigths to my account, and not to the other.
If, howerver i try to open /Users/{theOtherUser}/Library it says that i don't have enough rigths.

...But how about finder. Why can't i open all folders on my computer.

Because the other user has evidently not given your Admin user permission to open that folder. This is very important for security, because it ensures that malicious code run under any given account (except for root) can affect only that account, not the entire machine. One of the biggest reasons that Windows has so much spyware and other malware is that it doesn't do things like this (it can, but it doesn't do them by default and no one bothers to turn it on).

[toffe]

ok. thanks.
i was just surprised that i couldn't see stuff on my own computer.
i think i'll leave it like it is.

[OreoCookie]

You can either change the privileges or work as root in the terminal, sudo -s will give you a root shell. But beware, root shell, root privileges, root responsibilities!