On Feb 22, 2006, at 6:38 PM, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 2/22/06 4:15:25 PM, R.D. Preston wrote: > > >> I think I jumped the gun in previous msg.; >> what OS are you using where the problem occured? >> > > OS 10.2.8. (Soon to be OS 10.4.3. I hope . . .) > > NP > Nolan,
When you said "ancient OS", it passed over my head; I thought maybe the first msg. was premature, since it referenced Mac help, as I had system X in mind. And so then, in case you missed it... "Root" user is different from "Admin." user. In Mac Help, search on "root" and find "Enabling the root user", as well as a supporting article on the same subject. Take notice of expressed cautions before you decide to proceed. Again, use extreme CAUTION if you try it. I accomplished something similar with no problems, as long as I did what I needed (enable and login as 'root', then empty the trash), got out of 'root', then logged back in as my normal user name, with no detours. Regards, Russ Preston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060222/8c006a37/attachment.html
