On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Dennis Peterson wrote:
Elsewhere in the thread: OS X always has a root account - what it doesn't always have is a root password.
Phrase it as you wish: it is true that MacOS X ships with an /etc/ passwd that lists a uid-0 "root" user with the password locked, but once directory services are running (ie, LDAP/OpenDirectory, YP/NIS, or NetInfo), lookupd will no longer pay attention to the flat files in favor of that network-wide directory if one has been configured.
In particular, you won't have a root user account within LDAP/ OpenDirectory unless you create one there.
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