you can do this from the gui. there is an app in utilities called directory access. look under the edit menu for that app after unlocking itt with your admin password and you can enable root and set a password for it there.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cody Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:02 AM Subject: setting root password form terminal Hello all, I am wondering if there is a way I can set the root password from the terminal. By default when I set up my mac I did not specify a root password. When I go into the terminal and type su root it asks me for my root password and I just hit enter because i don't have one and it fials Then I try doing passwd root It asks me for my old password, I just press enter, and complete the new fgields and it fails. Is this a problem with not having a root password by default? I am sitting at a $ prompt and have no idea how to do this. I can use software update and what not, but I just can' set a password and I'd like to do that just because I can. Thanks for any help you can provide. Cody
