Mac OS X - access files owned by system

Question

How can I access folders with those permissions?

When trying through terminal:

superUser99:tmp superUser99$ cd launchd
-bash: cd: launchd: Permission denied

Answer 1

You can use sudo -s to open a root shell, then cd into the directory and do things there (still as root):

$ cd /private/var/tmp
$ sudo -s
Password:
# cd launchd        # Now running as root; note the changed command prompt
# ls -l
total 0
srwx------  1 root  wheel  0 Mar 24 20:46 sock
# exit        # This exits the root shell, taking me back to normal
$

Note that you should be very very careful while executing commands as root. It is quite easy to break OS X horribly with a small mistake plus root access...