Terminal Opens with Warnings

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Jkwabla Author

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Terminal Opens with Warnings

I always get this when I open terminal

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Autosave Information/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/IdentityServices/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Messages/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/HomeKit/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Sharing/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Mail/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Accounts/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Safari/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Suggestions/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/PersonalizationPortrait/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Metadata/CoreSpotlight/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory 'Library/Cookies/': Operation not permitted

warning: could not open directory '.easeus/EaseUSDriver.kext/': Permission denied

warning: could not open directory '.Trash/': Operation not permitted

What could be the possible cause ? I need help

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 27, 2021 8:23 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 27, 2021 8:42 AM in response to Jkwabla

You probably have some script that is being called when starting a new shell, and that script is trying to access those locations.

What is the shell used? If in doubt: type "ps" (without the quotes) and press enter. Do you see one or more "bash" in the output? or "zsh"?

Depending on the shell used, we can find which files are called at the start.

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Answer 2

Apr 27, 2021 12:10 PM in response to Jkwabla

From a quick online search, I gather that zsh may look at these files (depending on how it is launched, it may use some of these and not others):

etc/zshenv

~/.zshenv

/etc/zprofile

~/.zprofile

/etc/zshrc

~/.zshrc

/etc/zlogin

~/.zlogin

Note that some of those may well not exist on your system, that's fine.

Look at the contents of these files to see where there may be a script that is accessing the files in question.

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Answer 3

Jkwabla Author

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Apr 27, 2021 9:53 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

The shell is zsh

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