If you have Administrator privileges (and have auto login so you can 
start without entering the password), you can...

Open System Preferences, then Users, then select yourself and click 
on "Edit User".  In the  window that opens, click on the Password tab 
and it will allow you to reset the password.

Herb (installed OS X last week and learning the hard way) Goodfriend
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

>Hi everyone...
>
>I forgot my OS X root password. Am I screwed?
>
>--
>*** Amber Rhea ***

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