Hello,
Didn't know where else to post this and I can't post to the how to's but I'm sure someone else will do this eventually.
You have the password to an account with administrative access to do this and it must be able to su as root.
Go To Utilities NetInfo Manager and edit root
You will have to input the userid and password of an account with administrative access
Go down to properties window and find the password line
Delete the password
Save the Change
Logout
Login back in as the administrative account
Open a Terminal Window (Utilities Terminal)
type su -
The system will not prompt you for a password
type passwd root
set what you want the root password to be
You can't change the root password via netinfo because it will not accept the blank password. (At least it wouldn't for me. )
-jag
Didn't know where else to post this and I can't post to the how to's but I'm sure someone else will do this eventually.
You have the password to an account with administrative access to do this and it must be able to su as root.
Go To Utilities NetInfo Manager and edit root
You will have to input the userid and password of an account with administrative access
Go down to properties window and find the password line
Delete the password
Save the Change
Logout
Login back in as the administrative account
Open a Terminal Window (Utilities Terminal)
type su -
The system will not prompt you for a password
type passwd root
set what you want the root password to be
You can't change the root password via netinfo because it will not accept the blank password. (At least it wouldn't for me.
) -jag