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I'd try booting to recovery mode (Command+r) then go to Utilities and select Terminal. I think you should be able to reset permissions from there.

• vonklaus 11y ago
  going to try that. Thanks a lot. Wow, it can not find su or sudo. Root doesn't own them. Gonna dump the OS, in a bit. God. damn. it.
  • pivo 11y ago
    Have you tried Repair Permissions from Disk Utility?
    • vonklaus 11y ago
      it doesn't seem to exist in el capitan. I ran first-aid on all drives/disks. I feel like a moron but i am not sure what else there is to do.