Amber Rhea wrote:
> I currently run OS X in single-user mode. I do have administrator
> priveleges. But my user ("amber") and the root user are two different
> things. The root user is not enabled in OS X by default; I enabled it when I
> got this computer, but haven't used it in about two months. I tried NetInfo
> Manager, but it only allows you to change the password by entering the
> current password first (and then creating a new one). It's not a *huge*
> deal, since I have no need to login as root most of the time, but it does
> make me nervous because my husband, a UNIX-head, said, "Well, in UNIX, if
> you forget your root password, you're screwed! Reinstall!" This is a Mac...
> there's gotta be an easier way!
>
No you're not running OS X in 'single user mode'.
That is a special startup option, one that lands you at a console
prompt, as root automatically. You should be able to run the passwd
command then.
What *you're* doing is running OS X in autologin mode, where you're
automatically logging in as one user.
This is also why *all* root passwords for our systems here in the
College are written down, and stored in a locked file cabinet that *two*
people have the keys to.
(Actually, the password for my Mac is on a particular piece of scrap
paper in my desk drawer, but if you've gotten that far into my house,
I'm long past worrying about you logging onto my Mac as root...;-)
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