Charles Davis wrote: > > You can fix this like so: > > sudo chmod go-w / > > Now ls -ld / should look like: > > drwxr-xr-x ## root admin #### Mmm dd hh:mm / > > The dashes where there were once 'w's tell you that the owning group (admin) and the rest of the world can no longer write (i.e. add files) to /. > > This is, in fact, the first thing I do whenever I get a new Mac. > How would a Mac get like that in the first place... every one I've had has always been drwxr-xr-w Does Wineinstall actually work on OSX? I've never even tried to use it before since its really not needed.