Qaaolchoura
Registered
OK, sorry for sounding like a technological imbecile here, but then, I am.
I downloaded Apache (which supposedly comes with php and mySQL integrated) from a website called Apache friends, and attempted to follow the installation instructions.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html#849
Everything seemed to go alright until I hit step 3.2.
It kept telling me that
"You need to start XAMPP as root!"
So I enabled root user in directory utility, and tried the command "sudo root" on the advice of a friend who uses Linux, and it prompted me not for the root password but for my normal password.
And of course, it still gives me the same error message ("You need to start XAMPP as root!") when I try:
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start
So how do I start xampp as root in the terminal shell?
Thanks much,
Luke
I downloaded Apache (which supposedly comes with php and mySQL integrated) from a website called Apache friends, and attempted to follow the installation instructions.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html#849
Everything seemed to go alright until I hit step 3.2.
It kept telling me that
"You need to start XAMPP as root!"
So I enabled root user in directory utility, and tried the command "sudo root" on the advice of a friend who uses Linux, and it prompted me not for the root password but for my normal password.
And of course, it still gives me the same error message ("You need to start XAMPP as root!") when I try:
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start
So how do I start xampp as root in the terminal shell?
Thanks much,
Luke