That is a crazy feature of OS X I think. You can just walk up to a box
with OS X on it with an install CD, reset the password and have free
reign? That sounds a little dangerous.
Michael
On Friday, March 30, 2001, at 02:08 PM, Bill Stephenson wrote:
> on 3/30/01 12:37 PM, Farrukh Zaidi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I had the same problem with not being able to su to root. What I did
>> was use NetInfo Manager, which comes with OS X, to delete the password
>> for root. Then I could su to root without being prompted for a
>> password
>> and use the unix command "passwd" to set a new password for root.
>
> I reset the root password by restarting with the OSX installer CD-ROM
> and
> choosing "Reset Password" from the menu. This tip is in the OS X user
> guide.
>
> It takes a really long time to do this though. I like Farrukh's method
> better ;-)
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