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Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

eugenefromcalifornia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:25 -0000

Response to peterenns:

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

Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

Gianpaolo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:55:08 -0000

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

Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

peterenns — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:58:08 -0000

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?

Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

qmchenry — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:45:54 -0000

Yeah, a prompt ending with a hash # symbol usually denotes root's shell prompt.

Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

Carl — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:32:01 -0000

sorry, i meant bash-3.2#

Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

Carl — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:31:27 -0000

I don't think this is working for me,

my shell's prompt ends with back-3.2#

am I in root access?

Re: Mac OS X gain root/superuser access using sudo | Mac system administration | Tech-Recipes

Adrian — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:59:45 -0000

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?