Used when executing commands as another user.
sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user, as specified in the sudoers file.
via the man sudo command
Questions tagged [sudo]
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Can Touch ID on Mac authenticate sudo in Terminal?
Can Touch ID on Mac authenticate sudo in Terminal?
P A N
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Enable sudo without a password on MacOS
My Problem
I would like to be able to run sudo commands on MacOS Sierra 10.12 without having to type a password.
What have I tried
I've read the following:
Why does sudo ask for a password in terminal?
allow sudo to another user without…
Adam Matan
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Why can't I run `su`? (and how should I do?)
Whenever I try to issue su I get this:
$ su
Password:
su: Sorry
Needless to say, I'm entering the correct admin password which does work with sudo. What I want is not having to enter sudo each time.
Petruza
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allow sudo to another user without password
I want to be able to 'su' to a specific user, allowing me to run any command without a password being entered.
For example:
If my login were user1 and the user I want to 'su' to is user2:
I would use the command:
su - user2
but then it prompts me…
zio
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How do I run terminal in sudo mode?
I was trying to install npm, and I got
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, Permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please use 'sudo' or log in as root to run this command.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! sudo npm "install" "." "--force"…
balexandre
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Can't write to /usr/lib
I upgraded to OS X El Capitan and tried to install a new app (MPLAB X from Microchip) but I got an error because it couldn't copy a library to /usr/lib even when it asked for root password. I tried to manually copying the library using sudo cp…
Andres
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Where will the incident with the sudo command be reported to?
If a non-admin types a sudo command in Terminal, this will appear after they enter their password:
User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Where is this reported to?
please delete me
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osascript is not allowed assistive access. (-1728)
Script:
#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.users"
delay 2
tell application "System Events"
click radio button "Login Items" of tab group 1 of…
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Terminal returns not found for most commands Mac OSX
I'm really new to Mac OSX and UNIX based systems. I wanted to run a few Windows games on my Mac Mini so I started installing Wine and MacPorts.
I think the installs are correct, but when I type sudo port install wine I see a not found error in my…
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How do I reset/recover my superuser password without the boot disk?
I lost the superuser password for my iMac and I don't have the boot disk. I already tried the second answer on this page, but every time I type su from the command prompt, it still asks for a password that I don't have anymore. Is there another way…
Paul
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How do I open a file as root in TextEdit on Lion?
How do I open a file as root, in TextEdit? I've tried these commands as root, but TextEdit always say it's locked:
open -e /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
open -e -F /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
open -e -F -W /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
And of course sudo !! makes…
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How to solve "User is not in sudoers file, incident reported"
I added
"Syammala Naidu" ALL=(ALL) ALL
to /etc/sudoers, rebooted and logged in as Syammala Naidu and run sudo -i. Sudo tells me: user not in sudoers file, incident Reported.
How can I fix this?
MacDeveloper
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sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 501, should be 0
To run programs as sudo without password, I edited /etc/sudoers with wrong content.
Then I re-edited it with Mac's default text editor(course sudo cannot be used when /etc/sudoers is wrong).
I tried to run sudo agin, and get this error:
sudo:…
Kane Blueriver
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Why is sudo taking way too long?
I recently updated to macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Beta (16E144f) and it might be what is causing sudo to delay up to 10 minutes as it's the most recent change I recall since this problem occurred. I have never had to wait so long for a basic program and…
Spencer Williams
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How to fix curl: (60) SSL certificate: Invalid certificate chain when using sudo
So since the Mavericks upgrade curl has more issues with certificates.
When trying to curl a file from my web server with it's self-signed certificate it was getting the error "SSL Certificate: Invalid certificate chain".
This was corrected by…
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