Apr 23, 2020 Open App Store from Dock and search for Xcode in the search box. Click on Get and install the Xcode. Be Patient this will take some time to install because the size is around 6GB. Note: It will ask for username and password for the account you are using on App Store. Installing Xcode from the App Store; You can agree to the agreement of Xcode by opening the application from App Store or Dock. Sep 07, 2012 Note that the account and password you're using with 'sudo' must be an ADMIN user account. Is the username/password that of an admin user, or a standard user? If it's the latter, it won't work with sudo (sudo is short for 'super user do' and a standard user. Sep 07, 2010 Note: Using sudo(8) with with administrator privileges is generally unnecessary and creates security holes; simply remove the 'sudo'. And Mac OS X 10.4.2 sets both the real and effective user ids; the workaround described here will be unnecessary, but harmless. Nov 28, 2017 The root user is disabled by default. If you can log in to your Mac with an administrator account, you can enable the root user, then log in as the root user to complete your task. To learn about sudo, open the Terminal app and enter man sudo. Enable or disable the root user. Choose Apple menu ( ) System Preferences, then click Users.
Here's a tip from Cabel Sasser of Panic for those of you out there with Touch Bar MacBook Pros who use Terminal and the 'sudo' command frequently.
Pro MacBook Pro Tip: have a Touch Bar with Touch ID? If you edit /etc/pam.d/sudo and add the following line to the top…
auth sufficient pam_tid.so …you can now use your fingerprint to sudo! Mac Os Sudo Terminal— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) November 16, 2017
Here's the full step-by-step, for those who want to experiment. That said: sudo is an incredibly powerful command in the Terminal; we don't recommend messing around with this trick if you don't feel comfortable working in the Terminal app and changing system preference files.
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Also worth noting, via Sasser:
(Important caveat/warning: if you SSH into that machine, you will NOT be able to sudo, as your fingerprint cannot travel through SSH. ?)
Mac Load App With Sudo Windows 10— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) November 16, 2017How to enable Touch ID for sudo commands on your MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Now, when you open Terminal and attempt a sudo command, you should be prompted with a Touch ID authentication in lieu of entering your administrator password.
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