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How To Set The Root Password on Mac OS X?
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 214838" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>I have just switched to Mac, from Windows and Linux. I have had my new Mac (a Power Mac G5, OS X 10.4.6) for about a week now. Today, for the first time, I tried out sudo and just su itself. Trouble in paradise...</p><p></p><p>su prompted me for a password. At no time during the set up of this Mac was I ever asked to enter a root password - I had hoped it simply hadn't been set, and typing "su" would just log me in as root. Is there a default password that all Macs come with that I can use? Alternately, is there some way of setting the root password at this point?</p><p></p><p>For sudo, once I get past being able to log in as root, I will need to find the Mac OS X equivalent of what in Linux would be /etc/sudoers. Where does this live on the Mac?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 214838, member: 17052"] I have just switched to Mac, from Windows and Linux. I have had my new Mac (a Power Mac G5, OS X 10.4.6) for about a week now. Today, for the first time, I tried out sudo and just su itself. Trouble in paradise... su prompted me for a password. At no time during the set up of this Mac was I ever asked to enter a root password - I had hoped it simply hadn't been set, and typing "su" would just log me in as root. Is there a default password that all Macs come with that I can use? Alternately, is there some way of setting the root password at this point? For sudo, once I get past being able to log in as root, I will need to find the Mac OS X equivalent of what in Linux would be /etc/sudoers. Where does this live on the Mac? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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