I was not able to get it to work till I set a root password. There was a discussion on this sometime back and unless I missed it, we could find no other way to do it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Lee" <[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 4:14 PM Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal Yes it does. The whole point of sudo with your administrator account is to avoid enabling and using the root account. cheers, jane On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM, David Poehlman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it does not work unless you have root set. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Lee" <[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 3:36 PM > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > what's wrong with sudo, exactly? > > cheers, > jane > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:30 AM, David Poehlman < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A lot of stuff in terminal needs a super user. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Gilland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:28 AM > > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > > > > Really, you don't necessarily need root to do administrative tasks. > > What > > is > > it eactly you feel you need the root account for? > > > > Chris. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:27 AM > > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
