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  • Adrian · 8 months ago
    This doesn't work for me

    >sudo -s
    sudo: must be setuid root

    However, I see that /usr/bin/sudo is owned by another user. Is this the problem?
  • Carl · 8 months ago
    I don't think this is working for me,

    my shell's prompt ends with back-3.2#


    am I in root access?
  • Carl · 8 months ago
    sorry, i meant bash-3.2#
  • Quinn McHenry · 8 months ago
    Yeah, a prompt ending with a hash # symbol usually denotes root's shell prompt.
  • peterenns · 1 month ago
    In order to uninstall, install a particular new program and then reinstall an old program, I need to delete my /sw directory. But, I cannot even figure out how to find a terminal window so that I can use sudo.

    Can anyone tell me how to open up a terminal window so that I can use sudo?
  • Gianpaolo · 1 month ago
    Hi,

    I`m trying to copy an Info.plist file into a Volume (The Sims3 Volume) for cracking porpouse. I`ve done everythingo but everytime I get that I can`t because the Sims3 Volume is read-only. I`ve tried to chmod the Volume but i get the same results. It says I can´t because it´s read-only.

    I´m doing all this using a root account

    Any help would be appreciated
  • eugenefromcalifornia · 3 days ago
    Response to peterenns:

    Go to Applications->Utilities to find your terminal application.