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  • I usually do this from a standard user account, and, at least in OS X and probably in most Unixes, these kinds of accounts aren't members of the sudoers group by default. I'm OK if the prompt changes to reflect that I'm using a different user account, but I'd rather have the prompt's style remain the same. OS X's default prompt contains the name of the account you're currently logged into, so I think that should be fine. Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 0:34
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    You could add yourself to the sudoers group or edit the /etc/sudoers file. Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 0:46
  • Should a standard user be a member of the sudoers group, though? Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 18:39
  • Sure, why not? It's your way of telling the system you're not just a "standard user", you're a user who should be allowed sudo access. Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 18:59
  • That makes sense, but I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with the idea of giving a non-administrator account the ability to use the sudo command. Doing so sounds like a security risk tantamount to just turning my standard user account into a full-blown admin one, and I don't like the idea of exposing my data like that. Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 21:29