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Explains how faculty and staff can use the Privileges app to grant themselves temporary administrator rights so they can run commands that require elevated privileges in Terminal on macOS.

Explains why sudo permissions fail in Terminal on a Bowdoin Mac when administrator access is requested through the Privileges app after Terminal is already open, and how to fix it by requesting privileges before opening Terminal. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff using the Privileges app on a Bowdoin Mac.