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October 22nd, 2001, 06:57 AM
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| search the board :) terminal: sudo passwd from there you'll be fine, basically. unless you screw up as root.
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October 22nd, 2001, 07:22 AM
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| I think there's a little more to it... First of all, you'll have to enable the root user. This is done in NetInfo Manager. (You have to be logged in as a admin to do this, I think). 1. Select the menu Domain/Security/Authenticate, and type in the admins password. 2. Select Domain/Security/Enable Root User. I think you will be asked to enter the root password here. Then you'll have to change the login window, so you will be able to enter a user that's not in the list. (We're talking 10.1 here, in 10.0.x you don't have to do this). There's two ways to do this, either check the "Show other users" option in the Login preference pane, or select to display the login window as "Name and password entry fields". I think that's all. Now you'll be able to log in to Aqua aswell as Darwin as root.
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October 22nd, 2001, 07:25 AM
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| Logging in as root You can enablke login as root by running the netinfo manager. This is kept in the Applications/utilities directory. From the dirctory menu ( once started) highlight securty, and select "enable root user". This will allow shell login to root as well. After saying this, I have not found a requirement for it. As the previous poster said, using su from a terminal session should suffice. If you ever need to install software that needs special access it will ask you for your install password which will essentially give you root acess for the duration of the install
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October 22nd, 2001, 08:18 AM
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| Is it possible to su if you haven't enabled the root user?
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October 22nd, 2001, 09:34 AM
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| In terminal just type "sudo passwd root" (without quotes). Enter your admin password, then enter and verify root password. Root is now enabled. That's actually how I usually do it. |
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October 22nd, 2001, 01:14 PM
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| Thanks As usual the level of knowledge in this group is outstanding. Thanks for all the replies I logged in at root level in no time and was able to delete "deleted Users" that were left behind from experimenting with ftp login names Thanks Again  |
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