High Sierra: permissions issues after clean install, also lost use of sudo











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Having lots of issues after a clean install of High Sierra.
Some I fixed, but some are still going on.
Main ones now are:
(1) Problems with AppleID
(2) Cannot access iCloud: files or email for it
(3) Lost some of my keychain info (all Passwords on Safari) even though I saved the folder, and was supposed to by synching via iCloud



I disabled SIP temporarily for various reasons but maybe doing that also allowed me to corrupt something when adding back my data or apps?



In most cases I reinstalled from the AppStore or their websites.
But I also got error messages related to using Two-factor Authentication, so maybe a keychain file is wrong/corrupted??



I had a permissions issue, but I fixed that by following Apples suggestion to run the following in Terminal:
diskutil resetUserPermissions / id -u



I also have some issues with logging into my appleID, but not everywhere I try it.
On the appleid.apple.com website it works fine, same email + same password as always.
But on System Preferences (iCloud or Internet Accounts) on my MacBook it gives me an error: "This action could not be completed. Try again"



I cannot delete/remove iCloud unless I can log into AppleID on SystemPreferences.



I lost the ability to use sudo in Terminal, but was able to get it back.
The error message after running sudo was:
"/usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set"



There was a very helpful post on the superuser forum:
sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set [OSX]



I ran the Script Editor script he suggested logged in as Root, and it seems to have worked: I can now run sudo commands.



Based on other user posts, here are the outputs from various Terminal commands:
"which sudo" gives "/usr/bin/sudo"
"echo $PATH" gives /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin"
"ls -l /usr/bin/sudo" gives "-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel 370704 26 Oct 21:00 /usr/bin/sudo"



I am going to try the following if nobody has some good ideas:
(1) Reinstall my OSX
(2) Ask Apple Support to check my appleid: I suspect I might have a 2nd one from somewhere but was not intentional.










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    Having lots of issues after a clean install of High Sierra.
    Some I fixed, but some are still going on.
    Main ones now are:
    (1) Problems with AppleID
    (2) Cannot access iCloud: files or email for it
    (3) Lost some of my keychain info (all Passwords on Safari) even though I saved the folder, and was supposed to by synching via iCloud



    I disabled SIP temporarily for various reasons but maybe doing that also allowed me to corrupt something when adding back my data or apps?



    In most cases I reinstalled from the AppStore or their websites.
    But I also got error messages related to using Two-factor Authentication, so maybe a keychain file is wrong/corrupted??



    I had a permissions issue, but I fixed that by following Apples suggestion to run the following in Terminal:
    diskutil resetUserPermissions / id -u



    I also have some issues with logging into my appleID, but not everywhere I try it.
    On the appleid.apple.com website it works fine, same email + same password as always.
    But on System Preferences (iCloud or Internet Accounts) on my MacBook it gives me an error: "This action could not be completed. Try again"



    I cannot delete/remove iCloud unless I can log into AppleID on SystemPreferences.



    I lost the ability to use sudo in Terminal, but was able to get it back.
    The error message after running sudo was:
    "/usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set"



    There was a very helpful post on the superuser forum:
    sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set [OSX]



    I ran the Script Editor script he suggested logged in as Root, and it seems to have worked: I can now run sudo commands.



    Based on other user posts, here are the outputs from various Terminal commands:
    "which sudo" gives "/usr/bin/sudo"
    "echo $PATH" gives /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin"
    "ls -l /usr/bin/sudo" gives "-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel 370704 26 Oct 21:00 /usr/bin/sudo"



    I am going to try the following if nobody has some good ideas:
    (1) Reinstall my OSX
    (2) Ask Apple Support to check my appleid: I suspect I might have a 2nd one from somewhere but was not intentional.










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      Having lots of issues after a clean install of High Sierra.
      Some I fixed, but some are still going on.
      Main ones now are:
      (1) Problems with AppleID
      (2) Cannot access iCloud: files or email for it
      (3) Lost some of my keychain info (all Passwords on Safari) even though I saved the folder, and was supposed to by synching via iCloud



      I disabled SIP temporarily for various reasons but maybe doing that also allowed me to corrupt something when adding back my data or apps?



      In most cases I reinstalled from the AppStore or their websites.
      But I also got error messages related to using Two-factor Authentication, so maybe a keychain file is wrong/corrupted??



      I had a permissions issue, but I fixed that by following Apples suggestion to run the following in Terminal:
      diskutil resetUserPermissions / id -u



      I also have some issues with logging into my appleID, but not everywhere I try it.
      On the appleid.apple.com website it works fine, same email + same password as always.
      But on System Preferences (iCloud or Internet Accounts) on my MacBook it gives me an error: "This action could not be completed. Try again"



      I cannot delete/remove iCloud unless I can log into AppleID on SystemPreferences.



      I lost the ability to use sudo in Terminal, but was able to get it back.
      The error message after running sudo was:
      "/usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set"



      There was a very helpful post on the superuser forum:
      sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set [OSX]



      I ran the Script Editor script he suggested logged in as Root, and it seems to have worked: I can now run sudo commands.



      Based on other user posts, here are the outputs from various Terminal commands:
      "which sudo" gives "/usr/bin/sudo"
      "echo $PATH" gives /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin"
      "ls -l /usr/bin/sudo" gives "-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel 370704 26 Oct 21:00 /usr/bin/sudo"



      I am going to try the following if nobody has some good ideas:
      (1) Reinstall my OSX
      (2) Ask Apple Support to check my appleid: I suspect I might have a 2nd one from somewhere but was not intentional.










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      Having lots of issues after a clean install of High Sierra.
      Some I fixed, but some are still going on.
      Main ones now are:
      (1) Problems with AppleID
      (2) Cannot access iCloud: files or email for it
      (3) Lost some of my keychain info (all Passwords on Safari) even though I saved the folder, and was supposed to by synching via iCloud



      I disabled SIP temporarily for various reasons but maybe doing that also allowed me to corrupt something when adding back my data or apps?



      In most cases I reinstalled from the AppStore or their websites.
      But I also got error messages related to using Two-factor Authentication, so maybe a keychain file is wrong/corrupted??



      I had a permissions issue, but I fixed that by following Apples suggestion to run the following in Terminal:
      diskutil resetUserPermissions / id -u



      I also have some issues with logging into my appleID, but not everywhere I try it.
      On the appleid.apple.com website it works fine, same email + same password as always.
      But on System Preferences (iCloud or Internet Accounts) on my MacBook it gives me an error: "This action could not be completed. Try again"



      I cannot delete/remove iCloud unless I can log into AppleID on SystemPreferences.



      I lost the ability to use sudo in Terminal, but was able to get it back.
      The error message after running sudo was:
      "/usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set"



      There was a very helpful post on the superuser forum:
      sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set [OSX]



      I ran the Script Editor script he suggested logged in as Root, and it seems to have worked: I can now run sudo commands.



      Based on other user posts, here are the outputs from various Terminal commands:
      "which sudo" gives "/usr/bin/sudo"
      "echo $PATH" gives /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin"
      "ls -l /usr/bin/sudo" gives "-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 root wheel 370704 26 Oct 21:00 /usr/bin/sudo"



      I am going to try the following if nobody has some good ideas:
      (1) Reinstall my OSX
      (2) Ask Apple Support to check my appleid: I suspect I might have a 2nd one from somewhere but was not intentional.







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