[OS X TeX] TeX Live Utility: is the tlmgr an alternative?

[Ettore Aldrovandi]

Hi Denis,

> On Feb 6, 2021, at 06:27, Denis Bitouzé <denis.bitouze at univ-littoral.fr> wrote:
> 
> Le 06/02/21 à 12h12, Denis Bitouzé a écrit :
> 
>>> There's one thing that might cause an unwary user to have a problem.
>>> Sudo needs to be run from an administrator user account.  It won't
>>> work from an ordinary non-administrative user account, and the error
>>> message is not very informative.
>> 
>> The should be the trick: thanks!
> 
> Well, sorry for my ignorance:
> 
> - Does it mean the user has to quit the session and to log to a new one
>  as an administrator?

You can switch to an administrator using the login switcher in the top menu

> - Or is it possible, in a non-administrative user session, to launch
>  a terminal as an administrator?
> - Or is it possible, in a non-administrative user session and in
>  a terminal open as an non-administrative user, to switch as an
>  administrative user (sort of `su` in Linux context)?

If you are thinking of doing an ’su -l <adminname>’ and then sudo from there, maybe.  The ’su’ man page says admin and wheel group membership is required to su to root, but it doesn’t otherwise specify.

—Ettore

Ettore Aldrovandi
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