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Fix ownership and permissions of a multi-user Homebrew installation
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fix-homebrew-owner-perms.sh
# fix owner of files and folders recursively
sudo chown -vR $(whoami) /usr/local /opt/homebrew-cask /Library/Caches/Homebrew
# fix read/write permission of files and folders recursively
chmod -vR ug+rw /usr/local /opt/homebrew-cask /Library/Caches/Homebrew
# fix execute permission of folders recursively
find /usr/local /opt/homebrew-cask /Library/Caches/Homebrew -type d -exec chmod -v ug+x {} +
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