Chuck Swiger wrote:
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.
---Chuck
This is true and more accurately stated. Being a universal account it
isn't always healthy to have root in the ldap directory. Certainly not
only in ldap because ldap can break or the network can be down. And
depending on whether local files or ldap is consulted first, having it
in both places can lead to confusion.
dp
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