Right permissions in /usr/local

Looks normal except for that sbin directory that I do not have. In System Preferences : Users & Groups, do you have “Allow user to administer this computer” checked?

majortom1967 wrote:

I'm not looking for the answer into /usr/local. I'm just checking if the overall permissions are OK. In any case I did not change the username recently.

TNX

Simon

I asked because this is something that has happened very often recently.

In any case, it still seems that your mac at present does not have an admin account.

I may be able to help with that.

The procedure below will create a new admin account. After that you will be able to use this new account to give back admin privileges to your own account.

Start in Single User Mode by holding Command-S at startup.

Then you need to type following commands at the prompt:

/sbin/mount -uw /

rm /var/db/.appleSetupDone

reboot

You are talking apples to oranges here.

Your problem that there is no admin user has nothing to do with permissions in /usr/local.

Did you change your username recently by any chance?

Let me revise my previous input. I do not have a Frameworks, or sbin directory in /usr/local on High Sierra, or Mojave. I haven't installed any Cask source content from brew, so naturally that directory is missing too.

That /usr/local/sbin is empty. I would remove it, though uncertain how this would contribute to your Recovery issue. When you state “for changing security settings,” what does that mean?

Default settings for a virgin /usr/local/ directory ownership are all root:wheel, but Homebrew is infamous for changing that, which has been known to cause issues for other processes that are placed there.

That said, I don't see how that could have anything to do with the issue you are experiencing. I have no idea what is being checked to determine that the disk is without an administrator.

Most user "local" directories are going to differ. They are called local because they don't need to be consistent. Although they are initially setup by the system, they are not protected by SIP and are free to be changed by any installation that comes along. The only problems that can arise are when an installer decides to make changes to installations other than theirs. That's what happens with Homebrew when they recommend applying recursive modifications to the entire /usr/local/ directory as a troubleshooting step. That's what I meant by my previous reply.