Re: Anybody know the default root password??

Mr.Smith (If indeed, that is your REAL name ;*)  )
Thanx for the reply. I'll try that. As to your comment that the root
account is rarely required, I still spend a lot of time in the root
account on Linux. I hate the feeling of being shut out of my own system!
Comes from my old DOS days, I guess. Thanx again.
Keith aka N3TQV



William Smith wrote:

> N3TQV wrote:
>> I'm new to the Mac and OSX and have OSX 10.2.5. I'm familiar with Unix
>> and Linux so I'm comfortable with the command line. Anyway, I install
>> OSX and go to a command line, type 'su' to become root and find that
>> I don't know the root password. It should still be the default from
>> the installation since I don't know it to change it. Anybody help
>> here or is this blatenly stupid on my part?? Thanx in advance and
>> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
>> Keith aka N3TQV
> 
> Hi Keith!
> 
> By default the root account is disabled on Mac OS X. Until you enable
> the root account the root password is blank. I don't recall if 10.2.5
> uses the NetInfo Manager utility to enable the root account or not like
> later Mac OSes but check there first.
> 
> Rather than using the su command I suggest you use the sudo command from
> an admin account. Very little in Mac OS X has to be done as the root
user.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 

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