zsh compinit: insecure directories

Question

What does it mean and how can I fix it?

zsh compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list.
Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compini         


        

Answer 1

My machine:

System Version: macOS 10.15.4 (19E287)
Kernel Version: Darwin 19.4.0

So here is what I did,

1. run compaudit and it will give you a list of directories it thinks are unsecure.

2. run sudo chmod -R 755 target_directory (example: sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/share/zsh)

Exmaple:

compaudit

returns:

/usr/local/share/zsh

so I run

sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/share/zsh

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