mac keeps asking for password to make changes

This will preserve existing ownership & Everyone perms whilst changing the group permissions in the example below.Īpply to enclosed will recursively change all the contents of your chosen folder, so use with extreme care.

I find BatChmod's GUI interface easy to understand & simpler to use than terminal. You can test on the root level of the boot drive, as that's one place where creating or deleting a file will always ask for your password if group is set to admin or staff, rather than wheel.

It also is not an automatic addition when setting up a new admin account, it must be conferred manually. The wheel group historically behaves like admin or staff but doesn't require a password if you are a member of it. You could set the permissions to group wheel instead of admin or staff, then add yourself to the wheel group if you're not already a member. This method does work, but I'm not sufficient a nix guru to know if there could be unforeseen side effects, so a) proceed with caution & b) if anyone knows better or has useful caveats, please let us know.

Mac keeps asking for password to make changes