It has to be an admin account with a non-blank password. I do not have the root account enabled on any computers I use, I explicitly only use sudo when necessary (and I might note it works just fine). cheers, jane
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:17 PM, David Poehlman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was not able to get it to work till I set a root password. There was a > discussion on this sometime back and unless I missed it, we could find no > other way to do it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > Yes it does. The whole point of sudo with your administrator account is to > avoid enabling and using the root account. > cheers, > jane > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM, David Poehlman < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > it does not work unless you have root set. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jane Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:36 PM > > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > > > > what's wrong with sudo, exactly? > > > > cheers, > > jane > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:30 AM, David Poehlman < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A lot of stuff in terminal needs a super user. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Chris Gilland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > Xby > > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:28 AM > > > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > > > > > > > Really, you don't necessarily need root to do administrative tasks. > > > What > > > is > > > it eactly you feel you need the root account for? > > > > > > Chris. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > Xby > > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:27 AM > > > Subject: Re: setting root password form terminal > > > > > > > > > > you can do this from the gui. there is an app in utilities called > > > > directory > > > > access. look under the edit menu for that app after unlocking itt > > > > with > > > > your > > > > admin password and you can enable root and set a password for it > > > > there. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Cody Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X > > > > by > > > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:02 AM > > > > Subject: setting root password form terminal > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > I am wondering if there is a way I can set the root password from > > > > the terminal. By default when I set up my mac I did not specify a > root > > > > password. When I go into the terminal and type > > > > > > > > su root > > > > > > > > it asks me for my root password and I just hit enter because i don't > > > > have one and it fials > > > > > > > > Then I try doing > > > > > > > > passwd root > > > > > > > > It asks me for my old password, I just press enter, and complete the > > > > new fgields and it fails. Is this a problem with not having a root > > > > password by default? I am sitting at a $ prompt and have no idea how > > > > to do this. I can use software update and what not, but I just can' > > > > set a password and I'd like to do that just because I can. Thanks for > > > > any help you can provide. > > > > > > > > Cody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
