Are you talking about editing system files through finder? Finder isn't (and shouldn't be) running as an administrator. But it is possible to run finder as root if you really want, just google it. I bet it something like
C'mon, that was a joke. It was meant to illustrate how trivial an operation you can run and still have OSX pull you up on it.
Basically, anything you do that alters the computer in any way causes it to complain at you. I'm looking for the setting where you can say "yes, seriously, I'm admining. leave me alone."
On the command line, you get sudo, which remembers your password for a while after you've entered it. As far as I can tell, there's no equivalent for OSX, so installing a single piece of software can involve half a dozen password prompts.
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I'm looking for the setting that stops OSX from asking me to retype my admin password 1000 times per hour.
ME: Cmd+c
Macbook Air: Seriously??? OK, if you really want to copy that text I'll let you, but first you'll need to prove that you're an administrator.
Are you talking about editing system files through finder? Finder isn't (and shouldn't be) running as an administrator. But it is possible to run finder as root if you really want, just google it. I bet it something like
I've been developing on OSX for years and have never run into that scenario. What, pray tell, are you doing where CMD+C requires privilege elevation?
C'mon, that was a joke. It was meant to illustrate how trivial an operation you can run and still have OSX pull you up on it.
Basically, anything you do that alters the computer in any way causes it to complain at you. I'm looking for the setting where you can say "yes, seriously, I'm admining. leave me alone."
On the command line, you get sudo, which remembers your password for a while after you've entered it. As far as I can tell, there's no equivalent for OSX, so installing a single piece of software can involve half a dozen password prompts.
It's been a long time since I came up with this solution, and not necessary anymore for TextMate, but something along these lines may help you:
http://osdir.com/ml/editors.textmate.general/2005-05/msg0010...
It's the graphical "sudo make me a sandwich"
Except sudo remembers that you entered your password < N minutes ago instead of asking every time.