>From osx-admin list:

    Try these steps on an OS X machine (not logged in as root)


    Open up the Terminal.app
    Quit it.
    Open up NetInfo Manager (leave it in the foreground)
    Open up Terminal.app from the *RECENT ITEMS* list in the Apple Menu.

    Voila! a terminal logged in as root.


    This apparently is the case with all setuid root applications... Not
    good....

heh heh.  Apple hasn't learned what "fork" does. :)

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