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Administrator vs root?
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<blockquote data-quote="switcher.mac" data-source="post: 381207" data-attributes="member: 28610"><p>Thanks all. It's getting clearer. The root password is not set during install. I went to NetInfo to enable the root user (just as a brief experiment, knowing I'd disable root when done) and NetInfo said the root password is currently blank and to set a non-trivial password.</p><p></p><p>So, I think I have a much better handle on root/adminstrators/sudo/su</p><p></p><p>Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="switcher.mac, post: 381207, member: 28610"] Thanks all. It's getting clearer. The root password is not set during install. I went to NetInfo to enable the root user (just as a brief experiment, knowing I'd disable root when done) and NetInfo said the root password is currently blank and to set a non-trivial password. So, I think I have a much better handle on root/adminstrators/sudo/su Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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