[Ti] Permissions Repair

[Tarik Bilgin]

MB wrote:
>
> Actually, you need an *admin* password in order to use the command
> "sudo" (superuser do). Not all users have admin priviligies, though it's
> common on one account machines to let the sole userhave admin status.
> The best way to find out is of course to try the command and your
> password and OS X will tell you.
> In case your user is not an admin and there is an admin account or an
> activated root account on your Mac, you do not need to change the status
> of your user or relogin in th GUI. To use this the diskutil you can use
> the "su" command and login as the privileged admin user like this:
>
>   
It should be noted that "su" is usually considered unsafe by most UNIX 
administrators and should be avoided, unless there is no alternative.

You can find a nice article about sudo versus su here:

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/10/11/why-use-sudo-instead-of-su/
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Tarik