Index: /trunk/source/pyhesiodfs/pyHesiodFS.py
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--- /trunk/source/pyhesiodfs/pyHesiodFS.py (revision 167)
+++ /trunk/source/pyhesiodfs/pyHesiodFS.py (revision 176)
@@ -136,5 +136,15 @@
         st = MyStat()
         if path == '/':
-            st.st_mode = stat.S_IFDIR | 0755
+            # The old liblocker attach expects /mit to not be group-
+            # or other-writeable, but OS X's pre-operation access
+            # checks make it impossible to unlink or symlink if
+            # traditional UNIX permissions say you don't have bits
+            #
+            # This is a temporary work around that can be punted when
+            # I get around to writing the new attach
+            if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+                st.st_mode = stat.S_IFDIR | 0777
+            else:
+                st.st_mode = stat.S_IFDIR | 0755
             st.st_gid = self._gid()
             st.st_nlink = 2