sudo gacutil permissions

Question

I am trying to use gacutil on my mac. When I do I get the error:

gac directories could not be created, possibly permission issues.

So how do I get the permission, considering this is my computer?! There are two users on the computer, geoff and admin. I tried:

sudo gacutil -i mysql.data.dll

then gave the admin's password, but I got

Sorry, try again.

which I did to no avail. So how can I get this to work?

how did you get `gac` to be available on OSX in the first place? — KeyboardDrummer, Mar 28 '23 at 10:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 14:01

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sudo requires the password of the current user, not the admin password.

answered Dec 27 '12 at 14:01

Femaref

But it still doesn't work. It does give me a strange message though: `org1 is not in the sudoers file.` So who is this org1; or more to the point, why is my computer asking me this since org1 is my work login name, but I do not login as such on my computer at home?! – Geoff Dec 27 '12 at 14:03
Does your company use a domain controller of some sort? Try `reset` in the terminal or completely closing the terminal and reopening it to clear the envrionment. – Femaref Dec 27 '12 at 14:06
I'm not sure if I am answering correctly, but all the same: if I want to use my comp in work I can use VPN and login that way, using org1. But at the moment I have no VPN connection open. My terminals though have as prompt: `Geoffs-MacBook-Air:v4 org1$`. – Geoff Dec 27 '12 at 14:09
Oh and the `reset` didn't. It tells me how to delete and interrupt. – Geoff Dec 27 '12 at 14:15
You seem be logged into it still. As I'm not familiar with the vpn software you are using I can't really help you, but you should be fine once you manage to get to your normal user again. – Femaref Dec 27 '12 at 16:16
After much struggle I resolved my username problems. Now I am geoff BUT I still have the permission problems with gacutil. – Geoff Dec 27 '12 at 17:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

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It turns out that the problem was nothing to do with gacutil or sudo, but somehow my username did not match my account name. After posting on another part of the exchange I found the problem and its answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/76068/whoami-is-not-who-i-am

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:45

Community

answered Dec 28 '12 at 14:15

Geoff

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