Dave Carlson writes: > Sorry, I can’t figure out exactly what to do with this, even though it sounds > useful. Can you give step-by-step instructions for me, not being a terminal > whiz-bang? >
OK. Try this ... Launch the Terminal, perhaps using Spotlight. This will put you at a command prompt. sudo -i You're prompted for your ordinary user password. Enter it and press enter. cd /etc/pam.d/ This puts you in the pam.d folder which inside the /etc folder. NOTE: On the command line we typically call folders directories. ccp -a sudo_local.template sudo_local This creates a copy of the template file with the .template extension. Launch your favorite text editor, navigate to the very last line in the file, and delete the octothorp character, also called a pound sign or a hash mark that is the first character of the last line of text in the file. Save, noting that the file is write protected, so you'll need to issue the appropriate over-ride to actually write. I use vim, so my command to accomplish that is :w! hth Janina > Dave Carlson > Woodworker, Musician, Oregonian, Engineer, Farfar > dgcarlson0...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 23, 2023, at 6:35 AM, 'Jason J.G. 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