on 29/08/02 02:23, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 8/28/02 9:46 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 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. > > So, what you are saying is that "single-user mode" is not a normal operating > environment? > > Here is a question, can you bypass giving root a password, or will it force > you to enter something--anything--for a password? This whole rigermaroll > sounds like a waste of time if you use this computer for a normal desktop, > and for one person. Why should my computer not be mine? Sounds to > Microsoft-like for my blood... > > So, is there any way to just bypass all this silly root, administrator, > multi-user garbage? (which is how I see it, and I'm sorry, but I cannot see > it otherwise. I don't want to use Unix, but a Mac.)
I'm not sure what are the limitations when operating in single user mode. I think that there is no network access, for one thing. There might be others software that aren't loaded either. That being said, I don't see what is really different when you boot in auto-login mode. Specially if you're the admin. You can pretty toss everything everywhere you want and mess up the system pretty badly. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/RV: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bozotic /boh-zoh'tik/ or /boh-zo'tik/ adj.: [from the name of a TV clown even more losing than Ronald McDonald] Resembling or having the quality of a bozo; that is, clownish, ludicrously wrong, unintentionally humorous. Compare wonky, demented. Note that the noun `bozo' occurs in slang, but the mainstream adjectival form would be `bozo-like' or (in New England) `bozoish'. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
