Homebrew for a multi-user macos host

[tbrowder]

How can I, as an administrator on a MacOS host, install homebrew for use by non-admin users?

[gromgit]

This is actually answered in the Homebrew FAQ, though in a rather obscure way:

If you need to run Homebrew in a multi-user environment, consider creating a separate user account specifically for use of Homebrew.

So basically:

1. Create an account just for Homebrew (say, hb)
2. Install Homebrew as user hb (if you have an existing installation, sudo chown -R hb: $(brew --prefix) should fix it right up without the need for reinstallation)
3. Add an entry to /etc/sudoers (better, create a new /etc/sudoers.d/hb file) with something like the following:

hb     ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew    # or the output of $(which brew)

4. Tell all your users to sudo hb brew ..., or write a simple wrapper script that dose the same thing.

[tbrowder]

Thank you very much for your help. That should do the trick.