Automator Script Does Not Stop

Mountain Lion on MacBook Air
This Automator App Script (enablelocal.app)
on run {input, parameters}
do shell script "sudo tmutil enablelocal /" password "xxxx" with administrator privileges
return input
end run
runs and changes the local backup setting, closes terminal, but the workflow does not stop (the gear keeps rotating in the menu bar until I manually stop it).
What else do I need to have the workflow stop?
Thanks

sudo never belongs in a do shell script command.
Consider what happens when you run sudo at the command line - the chances are it prompts you for the admin password. do shell script specifically prevents user interaction, so sudo asks for a password, but there's no way for you to see this, or enter a password to continue. That's what's happening here - your sudo is waiting for a password it can never get.
'... with administrator privileges' is the right way to go. Because this isn't part of the command you're passing to 'do shell script, AppleScript can elevate the privileges (including prompting for username and password) befor invoking the shell command. Problem solved.

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