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List of protected directories correct?

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)[reply]

/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)[reply]

According to Apple /etc and /var are not protected in El Capitan. --Loopkid (talk) 00:21, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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List of protected directories correct?