you'll have to use the account named "root" then, or log in as root and set the privileges of "root1", at least i think the "root" user can make other root users though i'm not entirely sure. you might have to do it at the command line level. i'm just learning x myself, although i knew some unix stuff a long time ago in college and obviously didn't have root privileges. one interesting thing i've found accidentally about user names, mac os x will let you have spaces in the user name, and the login routines will then work with or with out the spaces originally typed in, i haven't tried adding extra spaces. in any case, "root" is the only root user os x will set up for you with the graphical interface, at least on the 10.2 version i've been playing with it won't let you actually set user privileges even though there's a button for it. also, from the little playing around i've done at the command line i've found the file structure a bit confusing and that there are directories below the top one that look like the top one for users complete with the appropriate sub directories.
i really should set it up so the prompt shows where i am on the directory tree the next time i play, i always found that useful in the past. i know this works, because i did it after i upgraded and os x lost some of the packages i'd installed, i needed to delete the receipts for them before i could reinstall, and it required root access to do that. again, i've only played with 10.1 and 10.2 (and not for a couple of months, i finally decided to play with a "pure" unix like netbsd until i got my bearings at least, and i haven't gotten far with that yet so i'm back to os 9 for most things). there's also a lot of stuff that's normally invisible, including a lot of developer stuff that does get installed but hidden from users by being invisible, until you make it visible at least. at the very least, you should have to log in as a root user to create more accounts with full root privileges, the os will only let administrative users create the one root account for security reasons, as it should be. Daniel Kendell wrote: > > Ok, I created a new user called 'root' then in shortname came 'root1' > but when I logged on as 'root1' I had just the same capabilities as my > regular login. > > What I want is to have a login that can do anything, or as close to > that as possible. But I couldn't get it. -------- -- Philip Stortz -- To be nobody but yourself when the whole world is trying its best night and day to make you everybody else is to fight the hardest battle any human being will ever fight. -- E.E. Cummings -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
