Installing gems/updating for a specific user

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So, the admin of my Mac Mini (Running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger) has
completely forgotten the sudo password. Go figure. Is there a way to
install gems and etc. for a specific user only? Or would I need to
install ruby for the specific user? A separate install of ruby?

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I don't know much about gems, but the sudo password is the password to an account with administrative rights, not a separate name. It takes the password of whoever is logged in as long as they have rights to sudo.
(apologies if he has forgotten that password too)

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On Aug 2, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Tim Mcd wrote:

So, the admin of my Mac Mini (Running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger) has
completely forgotten the sudo password. Go figure. Is there a way to
install gems and etc. for a specific user only? Or would I need to
install ruby for the specific user? A separate install of ruby?
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Boot with a Mac OS X CD (DVD?) and change the admin password.

"Tim Mcd" <tmcdowell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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So, the admin of my Mac Mini (Running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger) has
completely forgotten the sudo password. Go figure. Is there a way to
install gems and etc. for a specific user only? Or would I need to
install ruby for the specific user? A separate install of ruby?
--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.

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Sam Haskins wrote:

I don't know much about gems, but the sudo password is the password to
an account with administrative rights, not a separate name. It takes
the password of whoever is logged in as long as they have rights to
sudo.
(apologies if he has forgotten that password too)

My account or 'side' on the computer doesn't have admin privs, and he
forgot the admin sudo password. Would the fresh install of ruby for the
specified user only work?

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export GEM_HOME="$HOME/.gems"
export GEM_PATH="$GEM_HOME"
export PATH="$HOME/.gems/bin:$PATH"

Modify to meet your needs, and start installing your gems :slight_smile:
I hope you know where to put the export to get it set when you open a
terminal, i'm not familiar with osx.

^ manveru

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On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Tim Mcd <tmcdowell@gmail.com> wrote:

Sam Haskins wrote:

I don't know much about gems, but the sudo password is the password to
an account with administrative rights, not a separate name. It takes
the password of whoever is logged in as long as they have rights to
sudo.
(apologies if he has forgotten that password too)

My account or 'side' on the computer doesn't have admin privs, and he
forgot the admin sudo password. Would the fresh install of ruby for the
specified user only work?