Apple has introduced System Integrity Protection, also known as "rootless", with OS X 10.11, El Capitan. I understand this is a step for general protection against malware but as a developer I need write access to some of the files it locks away.
How do I disable this protection?
Best Answer
Apple's documentation covers disabling SIP, About System Integrity Protection on your Mac and Configuring System Integrity Protection.
An article on lifehacker.com lists these steps:
You can verify whether a file or folder is restricted by issuing this
ls
command using the capital O (and not zero 0) to modify the long listing flag:Look for the restricted text to indicate where SIP is enforced.
By default (=SIP enabled), the following folders are restricted (see Apple Support page):
... and the following folders are free: