[X-Apps] Classic without superuser privileges?

[William Lane]

On 1/6/03 7:33 PM, "Thomas Karns" <tomak223 at mac.com> wrote:

>> Just got a very disturbing message when I logged back on after logging
>> in as
>> root to change another user's capabilities (which I thought I could do
>> as an
>> admin user but I can't).
>> 
>> "You are running Classic without superuser (root) privileges.
>> 
>> Classic needs these privileges to access system services. Ensure that
>> TruBlueEnvironment is setuid and owned by root, or reinstall your Mac
>> OS X
>> System Software."
>> 
>> What does this mean and how do I fix it?
>> 
>> Meg


Just curious, why would you have to use root to change anyone's
capabilities? I do this regularly with the 'non admin' users. While logged
in as an admin I edit their account, giving them admin privileges. Then log
in as them, do what needs to be done. Log back in as my admin, remove their
admin again and I'm done. For me, I'm a lot more comfortable doing that than
messing with root.


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