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

The accepted answer did not work for me on macOs Sierra (10.12.1). Had to do it recursive from /usr/local

cd /usr/local
sudo chown -R : *

Note: You can get your username with whoami and your group with id -g