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Is it normal that "bash" (hidden file from: Macintosh HD/bin/bash to request Full Disk Access on "Security & Privacy/Privacy/Full Disk Access"?
In addtition, I've never seen such a thing before.
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JeanReni wrote:
Is it normal that "bash" (hidden file from: Macintosh HD/bin/bash to request Full Disk Access on "Security & Privacy/Privacy/Full Disk Access"?
In addtition, I've never seen such a thing before.
Yes this is normal in Catalina
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina
JeanReni wrote:
In my case it's not "Terminal", but bin/"bash" only requesting access.
First of all what is "bash", and should I allow Full Disk Access on my Mac; what if I not do?
yes, this is your current shell.
Shells on your Mac or any other operating system, are user interfaces that allow you to access an operating system's services. ...
On a Mac, you can call up a shell by using the Terminal. app. This application creates a window that presents the user with a shell in which they can type and run commands
For a less "initiated" guy, what's that means?
For, if I decide not to grant Full Disk Access to "bash", what will happen?
When using the Bourne Again SHell (bash) in Terminal, you can access all of the locations on the drives.
If you receive the original message out of the blue, and you weren't using Terminal, then some process that was running attempted to run some shell command in Unix that needs access to some file location on the startup drive.
Might be reasonable to figure out what wants that access before granting it, but it is likely harmless.
Determining exactly what it is may prove extremely difficult.
I've got Terminal set for full disk access, but I use the Terminal fairly often.
Nothing has asked for my shell (either bash or zsh) to have Full Disk Access.
If you deny it, see if anything doesn't function properly. That may give you a clue as to what needed it.
In my case it's not "Terminal", but bin/"bash" only requesting access.
First of all what is "bash", and should I allow Full Disk Access on my Mac; what if I not do?
For a less "initiated" guy, what's that means?
For, if I decide not to grant Full Disk Access to "bash", what will happen?
are you having some issue you need help with?
It came out of the blue suddenly. Maybe, it's not likely harmless, how to find it out? But, if it is since you said that finding out may prove extremely difficult, what to do then?
All apps seems to function fairly properly, but if it's really a threat, what to then, nuke and pave?
Anyway, what kind of apps trigger a "bash" Full Disk Access?
*After I denied "bash" and suppressed it from the Full Disk Access window.
You could run EtreCheck to see if anything odd is installed.
Nothing can be a threat unless you installed it.
Actually, I've never used "Terminal" on this Mac.
I will run an EtreCheck and post it here soon, since I'me really not into IT.
You don't have to use Terminal at all for another application to run commands in the shell.
"bash" request to allow Full Disk Access on Catalina
