On Oct 3, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Amanda Ward wrote:
A little off topic perhaps, but it is a problem on my B&W.
I needed to open a terminal window and become a super-user. I was
prompted
for a password and rudely informed it wasn't the right password.
What's up
with that? When I set up the system, I used my password.... the only
password I =ever= use and it isn't the right one???
Is there any to set up a password that I know and use?
I bet you entered su
Root is disabled by default in OS X, for a root shell, use sudo -s
for a root shell.
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