Editing locked files

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Editing locked files

I don't know if this is the correct forum, but i recently purchased Borderlands:Game of the Year from the Mac App Store. As any other curious person would do, i opened the config files to look at the code. When i attempted to alter the code, it said it was locked, but one of the options available was to unlock. So i tried pressing that, but then it said that the volume was locked and read-only. When i went to look at the sharing preferences in the "get info" window, it said I had the ability to read and write. Is there any way of unlocking the files for me to edit?

Posted on Dec 27, 2011 6:33 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 29, 2011 2:31 PM in response to beisen

Depending on how the file is 'locked', you may be able to edit in in nano in the Terminal. Open a Terminal, type 'nano', then a space, then drag the file in question to the Terminal window and hit enter. nano has all its keyboard shortcuts printed on the bottom of the screen, so it should be fairly easy to work out what to do from there.

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twtwtw

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Dec 29, 2011 2:40 PM in response to beisen

It sounds as though you are trying to edit a file on a read-only volume. 'Locked' is more of a discouragement than an obstruction - anyone with the right permissions can unlock a file. but a file on a read-only volume is uneditable no matter what.

if you are running this application off of a downloaded disk image, copy it to your hard drive. once it's copied you should be able to edit the file.

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beisen Author

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Dec 29, 2011 3:59 PM in response to twtwtw

So i tried everything and discovered that the data i'm trying to edit is a disk image. The only thing is that the disk image is only available when starting the program(the game). I tried copying the disk image to my hard drive while the game was open, but it still didn't let me unlock it to be able to edit.

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twtwtw

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Dec 29, 2011 4:05 PM in response to beisen

well, it sounds as though the game authors would very much like you to not mess with this data file. I'm not sure exactly what they've done (there are three or four likely options), but if they are being determined about it it's unlikely you'll succeed without some non-trivial effort. So what are you trying to do? cheat the game? unlock unpaid-for features?

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beisen Author

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Dec 29, 2011 4:38 PM in response to twtwtw

I don't really know, I just wanna edit code. It's just something i like to do. Definitely nothing bad though

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