Re: High Sierra security advisory: set your root account password

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 wrote: > > A vulnerability was discovered in macOS High Sierra (10.13, 10.13.1, 10.13.2 > beta) today that allows an att

High Sierra security advisory: set your root account password

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 enab