When I try to sudo from Terminal, I get: media:~ frank$ sudo su -sudo: unable to stat /etc/sudoers: Permission deniedsudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting However, I can cat /etc/sudoers and see the content of the file. I'm a member of the admin group.
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Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Here is a screenshot that shows missing sudo command. How do I restore it? I am not a linux expert...
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
I tried running blackmagic design's disk speed test on our Mac pro ssd boot drive only to be told that the drive was read only. looking at the disk info I saw this:
admin: r&w
system: read only
wheel: ro
everyone: ro
I changed system to r&w to allow me to use the disk test. I would have expected to see (me) somwehere in the access list but I'm not there and I can't add myself. Is there a way to rest the drive's permissions to the default settings? Or what is the best solution to wipe the drive and start over?
The fans of my mid-2010 quad core mac pro speed up to sound like jet engines. The machine can be running all day or for less than an hour. The number of applications in use range from 1 - 5. The activity monitor always shows the finder using the most resources. About this mac says all of the ram is good. The hardware test says all if fine. I have reset the machine by unplugging it for few minutes.
There is one thing that is problematic and I do not know if affects the fans - the permissions are not correct. When I run repair permissions it returns a large number of 'acl found but not expected' and frequently changes the permissions so only the system can 'read or write'. Then I have to manually change them to what I need.
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Mac Pro Quad Core 2.88, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Autocorrect insists on changing the beginning part of one of my email addresses from erich.neuwirth to rich.neuwirth.Is there a way to get rid of this autocorrection?
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Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), late 2009, 4gb memory
I tried to migrate an friends mac mini from snow leopard to yosemite via an external drive, also via target mode and lan, without sucess.
It alway shows "there is not enogh space on disc" which is not true. Even if I select the smallest part ...
I did verified all drives via disk utility repaired permissions and used different sources to migrate from. I do have access to the Yosemite Mac via sharing.
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Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
After installing Yosemite on my iMac, Spotlight search results are minimal if at all (only contacts pop up)
I've adjusted Spotlight preferences by unchecking all search areas and rearranging the order of search preferences so documents, files and contacts are the only areas to search and still no luck.
I have several local .mbox files created with the Apple Mail client from 10.6.8 saved "on my Mac" after doing a clean install of Yosemite I am having trouble getting them to import. One is ~5GB the other is ~2.5 GB. a smaller one (66MB) with 300 items fails to fully import (gets only ~170 items).Â
Is there a better way to force the new mail client to read these or is there another mail program that can read these? These are important emails.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 128K Mac to 3GHz 8 Core Mac Pro
Is it ok to browse while your mac is repairing permissions?
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10)
I can't seem to run a sudo command in the OS X terminal. Every time I run a sudo command, I get no response, as if the command is not run at all. My sudo appears to be broken somehow. I've got a problem with mounting an NTFS drive that is dirty. I have a command I am trying to run using the "sudo" command, but it is not working.
Code: sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk0s3 /Volumes/WIN XP -o force
After the sudo, I am prompted for my password, but after that the only response I get is another prompt, as if the command was totally ignored. I have tried many different commands after the sudo, and cannot get a response from anything. I even tried "sudo tcsh", which should open up a new shell, but nothing. "sudo ls" also shows nothing, just another prompt.
I open up terminal, this shows up Code: Last login: Mon Jun 7 23:46:54 on ttys001
-bash: sdkfolder: No such file or directory xxxx-xxxxxs-MacBook-Pro:~ xxxxxx$ why is that -bash line in there?Also, I cannot run 'sudo' at all. I'm on an Admin account, and I have enabled root permissions..
I've used sudo before successfully, but suddenly it doesn't work anymore! For example, I try setting a shutdown timer using:
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sudo shutdown -h +60
or
sudo pmset disksleep 30
or even just
sudo
and get
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sudo: can't open /private/etc/sudoers: Permission denied
Just typing sudo alone results in the same error.
I've tried searching and following other threads on this topic to no avail. Repairing permissions from disk utility didn't help either.
Ok so opened Directory Utility, unlocked it and then selected Enable Root User and set a password, locked Directory Utility opened terminal and typed sudo root.
When I entered the password I set I just get "Sorry, try again". Have tried going back into Directory Utility and changing the password but get the same thing.
I am trying to delete some files with the command "sudo rm -rf". I get the return message "read-only file system." I am log in as adim and I don't have the option of changing it to a write file in the "get info" tab. How is it possible to delete these files?
View 22 Replies View Relatedi'm trying to install a program i got for free onto my macbook pro.
i have to go to my applications > utilities > terminal
i then open up a new command line and enter this:
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
then it asks for my password and i type in my password for my computer, the only password i have ever had for this computer, and the password that authenticates all of the system changes.
So I just inherited from my coworker's MacBook Pro. I then decided to transfer all of my files and realized that the root folder was still on his name. I changed the User's name in "System Preferences" but that did not change the root folder's name. I then went to Terminal and tried to change the folder's name using the "mv OldFoldersName NewFoldersName"Â and the prompt said Permission denied. I then used "sudo mv OldFoldersName NewFoldersName". After restarting my computer, all the files were gone and I landed on a "LION first time USE" type of Desktop. All my files are gone and terminal shows me two users' names under /Users/ => OldUser and NewUser.
What can I do to recover my old files? What can I do to repair my Mistake and only have one User?
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm seeing this show up when I do a permissions repair in Snow Leopard 10.6.2
Permissions differ on "usr/share/derby", should be drwxr-xr-x, they are lrwxr-xr-x
Repaired "usr/share/derby"
It shows up each time I do this. Anyone else seeing this?
After entering sudo command, terminal asks for password. After that it will not accept typing in password, I type and nothing appears. If I try to paste in password nothing happens.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
i accidentally set permissions in the Mac HD Info window for Everyone to "No Access". of course it locked up. i have an external drive plugged in running Time Machine. i understand i can use that to restore...?
I ran disk utility - it failed because it could not locate the clip art folder in word (?wha?) repair disk permissions ran for 24 hours and couldn't complete. anyway - I know there is an easy solution here - i just want to be sure i'm doing it correctly so i dont make it worse than it already is...would some kind soul please provide me step-by-step instructions to either use Time Machine to repair - or something.
I repaired permissions earlier and I keep getting these that won't be repaired. Is it anything to worry about? Any idea what the issue is?
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My old backups on time machine are not highlighted on time machine so cannot restore them. This is either because I have restored the OS or repaired the external HD used for backups.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I am getting this when repairing permissions : "Warning: SUID file System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired."
Doesn't look like permissions get fixed.
What can I do?
Using OS X 10.5.6
When running Repair Permissions in Disk Utility, it reports that there are errors and that it's fixed them but if I run it again, the same errors keep appearing.
I've noticed that the current permissions on the errors are lrw-rw-rw- which I assume means that they are symbolic links and not the actual files which Disk Utility is expecting. Any idea what's going on?
after verifying disc permissions is it necessary to "repair" disc permissions?
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Disk Utility says there are a bunch of disk permissions that need repairing. I hit repair and disk utility says that it repaired those disk permissions. But when I verify, it says they still need to be repaired.
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Mini 2.4Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I installed Perian the other day and decided I wanted to get rid of it. I just dragged the icon from applications as well as the dmg to the bin. Is that the correct method to 'uninstall' something?
After doing that I can still see Perian from the other section in settings as well as if I right click on a video it gives me settings for perian. How do I properly uninstall something and get rid of it from everywhere?
Here is my video on The Correct Pronunciation of Mac OS X [URL].
View 24 Replies View RelatedWe got a refurbished Alu MB for an intern and the time is not displaying properly. If I check the "Set date & time automatically", the digital and analog clock is showing different times. See picture. Also, when I go in Time Zone, I set Eastern time, it will set it, but when I go back to preference, it sets back to GMT.
It's running 10.5.6.
