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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by jftuga on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:36AM (#50405872)
I have a "flock" script that locks downs files that I do not want changed except for when I persoanlly "funlock" it.

It does the last 4 commands:

    cd ~/Library
    rm -rf IntelligencePlatform
    touch IntelligencePlatform
    xattr -w com.flock.mode 444 IntelligencePlatform
    chown root:wheel IntelligencePlatform
    chmod 444 IntelligencePlatform
    chflags schg IntelligencePlatform
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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by bayganyo on Saturday November 07, 2026 @04:26PM (#50408218)
Good call; just applied this myself. What other files do you lock down?
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Re:Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member clas... by jftuga on Saturday November 07, 2026 @04:44PM (#50408329)
* .gitconfig * .claude/settings.json (same for codex) * .zprofile and .zshrc * .ssh/config and id_ed25519*
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