xampp mac os x "this application requires admin privileges"

macos xampp privileges
sonique picture sonique · Apr 27, 2015 · Viewed 12.3k times · Source

When I try to start xampp (manager-osx) on Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10,

I get this error :

this application requires admin privileges

It doesn't ask any password like it used to.

Answer

sonique picture sonique · Apr 27, 2015

I find the solution: for some reason, owner has been changed. I changed it back to root, and now it works again :

$ cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles
$ chown -R root manager-osx.app

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