Archive for November, 2007
OS X 10.5 Leopard + Sudo
Just for those of you that do actually read this blog….lmao…probably no one, but what the heck….
The new version of OS X - 10.5 (aka Leopard) - has some new security features. One of them you may not find anywhere documented, and it may drive you up the wall. For those of you out there that use the terminal and don’t have a password set for your admin account, the ’sudo’ command will NOT work!
The simple fix is to just give your admin account a password. I know you might not want to, but tough!
I spent hrs trying to work out what the hell I was doing wrong. And the idea of using the root account didn’t appeal to me. I shouldn’t have to. If you’re wondering why this happens, I would imagine it’d have something to do with reducing the risk of a piece of malware from gaining control of your computer. Nice thought Apple, but a tad annoying. Let me do the worrying about malware.
Anyway - hope that helped someone out there.
Ben
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