Fixing sudo on macOS
by Antoine - categories : OS Apple
Your sudo does not work anymore and displays something like...
sudo: can't open /private/etc/sudoers: Permission denied
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
...and you need a quick fix. It may be a permission problem on the root directory.
How to fix sudo in 3 command lines
You need to be logged in as an administrator (or use the -u adminaccountname switch on the following command). Open a terminal and enable root if not done yet.
$ dsenableroot
username = antoine
user password:
root password:
You'll have to type your user password et give root a password (can be the same). Once you did, "log in" as root.
$ su
Fix the root "/" directory permissions
# chmod go+rx-w /
Done, sudo works.
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