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[ale] OT: how to reset root pw on os X
- Subject: [ale] OT: how to reset root pw on os X
- From: jkf at wolfnet.org (Jason Fritcher)
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:16 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Sep 16, 2008, at 11:05 PM, Tim Watts wrote:
> I have an artist friend with a bunch of OS X machines who can't
> remember his
> root's password. His user account has admin privileges and so has
> never
> needed it.
Apple disables the root user by default because for most people, they
never need to use it. Anything root can do, you can do yourself
through sudo.
If you really need to reenable the root user, see the following page,
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528
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Jason Fritcher
jkf at wolfnet.org