Hi, A security patch is now available, so the work around is no long needed. See
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208315 Chris > On 29 Nov 2017, at 12:42 am, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > A vulnerability was discovered in macOS High Sierra (10.13, 10.13.1, 10.13.2 > beta) today that allows an attacker to gain root access to your system if > your root account is disabled and has no password set (which is the default). > If you are running High Sierra, please mitigate this attack by enabling your > root account and setting a strong password for it. > > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012 > > https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/28/macos-high-sierra-bug-admin-access/ >
