Oh, OS X is a multi-user operating system. Even if only one person uses the
machine, it's a common safe computing practice to have one account for day
to day use (a 'standard' account) and another for administrator tasks
(updates, installs, etc). That probably doesn't apply in your case. You
could double-check in the 'Accounts' panel of 'System Preferences' that the
account you are using has rights to administer the machine. In that case,
the password you use to login should work with sudo. -=- Rich
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Diana Pollock <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are no other 'accounts'. I don't even know what you mean by that. I
> have one iMac and no one else uses it.
> DP
>
> --- On *Wed, 12/15/10, Richard Talley <[email protected]>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Richard Talley <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] sudo password
> To: "Diana Pollock" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 3:51 PM
>
>
> Try running from an account with administrator privileges and using the
> password for that account.
>
> 2010/12/15 Diana Pollock
> <[email protected]<http://us.mc300.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
> >
>
> I am trying to install fink-0.29.16 prior to downloading FreeSurfer.
> After the ./bootstrap command, I get the paragraph about how fink must be
> run with root privileges and then there are 3 choices (1: use sudo, 2: use
> su, 3: none, fink must be run as root) But it only allow choice 1. Then asks
> for a password. I have tried everything I can think of but nothing is
> accepted. What to do?
> diana Pollock
> I have iMac with Snow Leopard, 10.6
>
>
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