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Add wheel group to sudoers on macOS
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wheel-group-to-sudoers.sh
# Add current user to wheel group
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a $USER -t user wheel
# Add wheel to sudoers
sudo su -
cd /etc
chmod 660 sudoers
vi /etc/sudoers
: <<'END_COMMENT'
# add the following
wheel ALL = (ALL) ALL
%wheel ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
END_COMMENT
chmod 440 sudoers
# check to make sure your user is part of the group
dscacheutil -q group -a name admin
dscacheutil -q group -a name wheel
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