>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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