on 8/30/02 5:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If you are the sole user of your machine, you may never have a need to access
> the root account, and by default it is not enabled when you get your machine.
> So if your intention is to avoid Unix, in all likelihood you can do e
I didn't catch this thread from the beginning, but basically, single-user
mode puts you right into Unix, with a Unix command line and having to enter
Unix commands to give the machine instructions. Clearly, this is not what you
want to do, as you have clearly indicated that you "don't want to u
dibs on the TiBook. what "servers" you got? might put those to some
good use too.
-J
>
> Um, what I gave you works too. No one *EVER* responded to that. Makes
> me wonder if I should bother writing responses to Unix things when no
> one bothers to read my answer. Maybe I should just throw my ser
Don't throw it away Ryan, give it to me!
>> be watching out for me. :)
>
> Um, what I gave you works too. No one *EVER* responded to that. Makes
> me wonder if I should bother writing responses to Unix things when no
> one bothers to read my answer. Maybe I should just throw my servers
> and TiB
in these commands
>> 1. cd /etc
>> 2. mount -t ufs -a
>> 3. sudo passwd root
>> 4. your password
>> 5. the new root password (be sure to write this one down or something :) )
>
>Thanks! This worked without a hitch!
>
>Kind of uncanny that it appears o
tc
> 2. mount -t ufs -a
> 3. sudo passwd root
> 4. your password
> 5. the new root password (be sure to write this one down or something :) )
Thanks! This worked without a hitch!
Kind of uncanny that it appears online not 2 days after my question...
someone up there in Mac heaven must be
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 08:23:18AM +0200, Jon Glass wrote:
:
: So, what you are saying is that "single-user mode" is not a normal operating
: environment?
Very much correct.
: Here is a question, can you bypass giving root a password, or will it force
: you to enter something--anything--for a p
Jon Glass wrote:
> Ok, so, what is the difference between "root" and "admin?" For what do you
> need "root" that you cannot do otherwise. (In other words, what is root
> necessary for?) Is it still necessary to go to the CLI to do some things in
> Jaguar? Why does this all even exist in the MacOS
ogged in to an account that
has Administrative Priviledges on that system.
Here is what to do:
Open a terminal window and type in these commands
1. cd /etc
2. mount -t ufs -a
3. sudo passwd root
4. your password
5. the new root password (be sure to write this one down or something :) )
I guess thi
On 29/08/02 10:48, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 8/29/02 2:53 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> That being said, I don't see what is really different when you boot in
>> auto-login mode. Specially if you're the admin. You can pretty toss
>> everything everywhere
on 8/29/02 2:53 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That being said, I don't see what is really different when you boot in
> auto-login mode. Specially if you're the admin. You can pretty toss
> everything everywhere you want and mess up the system pretty badly.
Ok, so, what is th
on 29/08/02 02:23, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on 8/28/02 9:46 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> No you're not running OS X in 'single user mode'.
>>
>> That is a special startup option, one that lands you at a console
>> prompt, as root automatically. You should be
on 8/28/02 9:46 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No you're not running OS X in 'single user mode'.
>
> That is a special startup option, one that lands you at a console
> prompt, as root automatically. You should be able to run the passwd
> command then.
>
> What *you're* doing i
ervous because my husband, a UNIX-head, said, "Well, in UNIX, if
> you forget your root password, you're screwed! Reinstall!" This is a Mac...
> there's gotta be an easier way!
>
No you're not running OS X in 'single user mode'.
That is a special start
ed to login as root most of the time, but it does
make me nervous because my husband, a UNIX-head, said, "Well, in UNIX, if
you forget your root password, you're screwed! Reinstall!" This is a Mac...
there's gotta be an easier way!
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On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 11:40, Amber Rhea wrote:
> I forgot my OS X root password. Am I screwed?
Forgive me if I'm wrong since I haven't tested this, but wouldn't the
following work:
(Assuming you still have a normal user account with "Admin" rights, and
you know its p
learning the hard way) Goodfriend
> Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
>
> >Hi everyone...
> >
> >I forgot my OS X root password. Am I screwed?
> >
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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?
>
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, 2002, at 06:40 PM, Amber Rhea wrote:
> Hi everyone...
>
> I forgot my OS X root password. Am I screwed?
>
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