sudo: must be setuid root - MAC OSX

As soon as i discovered Snow Leopard had built-in PHP and Apache, i immediately tinkered around with config files through the vi editor which i haven't used in 10 years. Being mostly a .NET developer, it was a pain using the terminal window to set permissions on folders and files. I discovered that you could configure your Finder to display hidden folders such as etc and usr by typing this on the terminal window:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true

Seeing all the hidden folders and files on the Finder window made me so excited that the first thing i did was Add myself to have Read/Write permissions on the etc and usr folders. The next thing i did got me into trouble. I clicked on "Apply to Enclosed Items" which cascaded the change to all files and subfolders under etc and usr.

After doing this, i tried restarting Apache by typing this on the terminal window:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart

and that's when I started seeing this message:

sudo: must be setuid root

I exited the Terminal Window and re-opened it and now I was even getting this error:

login: PAM Error (line 396): System error
login: Could not determine audit condition

[Process completed]

After googling solutions to this problem, i found the fix which was to delete the file
/usr/bin/login and after that I was able to use Terminal window again.

Now going back to the original problem which was finding a fix for sudo: must be setuid root, I went to Utilities -> Disk Utility and selected my Hard drive, Macintosh HD. I clicked Repair Disk Permissions and everything seems to be working again.

Hope this helped anyone who ran into this problem.

MyPlaylist - Another cool Google Gadget!

Here's another google gadget we created called MyPlaylist. It's very easy to use. All you need to do is enter a MySpace vanity name and you get that user's playlists. You can play each playlist using the MySpace music player. It would be cool to know what other people are listening to especially the artists themselves. Listen to your friends' playlists as well as your own. Enjoy!
By the way, if you want to add this gadget to your iGoogle page, just click on this:

MySpace Music Top Songs

If you like the gadget you see below, then click this button to add this gadget to your iGoogle or to embed on your website:





Listen to Top Songs on MySpace Music! Filter by Genre and Territory to see what's hot. Click on the play button to activate the Music Player . Click View More to see Top Charts on Artists Bands Videos Songs and Albums .

GuitarLogger.com is live!

Finally GuitarLogger.com is live! As a guitarist, musician and web developer, i've been wanting for the longest time to create a site for guitars. The concept is to create a profile page for your guitar and show it off to the world. Users can choose to either sell, trade or display their guitars on the site.

In order to post a guitar, one has to join GuitarLogger.com simply by signing into Google Friend Connect. Very very simple! No need to register if you have a Gmail, Yahoo, AIM, NetLog or OpenID account. How convenient is that! Members are not just limited to posting guitars, they can leave comments, rate other guitars, post photos and videos, and interact with other members on the site.

Users will find it very fast and easy to sell their guitars on the site. The form to submit is accessible on the site's initial page and all they have to do is describe the guitar, enter a price, enter their email address, upload as many photos as they want and submit! If the make and model of the guitar is not listed on the form, the user can create them on the fly.

GuitarLogger.com protects users from spammers by displaying their email address not as plain text but as images so that it cannot be parsed by robots that collect email addresses from the internet. If the user does not wish to display his email address, he can choose not to display it as well.

After posting, changes can be made by clicking on My Account on the site's navigation menu. The same form will appear for editing. More photos can be added or deleted from there as well.

Posting guitars, uploading photos, commenting on other posts, rating guitars are all logged as activities and as you sign-in with Friend Connect on other Friend Connect enabled sites, your friends can see your activities on GuitarLogger.com. This helps boost your guitar profile's visibility not only within the site, but on other sites as well extending to your friends' networks.

I'm so excited about this site. Please spread the word about www.guitarlogger.com and hope to see a lot of guitars posted soon!

Below is the site preview: