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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1807768" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>What master password? In the Unix/macOS land the first user you create on a Mac is also the administrator account that has the privileges to make any change on the machine. A lot of people, to protect themselves, will create a second daily user that doesn't have admin privileges. That way every time you need to do a privileged act, you have to enter the admin username/password and that's a good check to ensure that you are OK with doing what is being done.</p><p></p><p>This prevents any random app from causing you issues because the non-admin account can only play with files in their home directory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1807768, member: 110816"] What master password? In the Unix/macOS land the first user you create on a Mac is also the administrator account that has the privileges to make any change on the machine. A lot of people, to protect themselves, will create a second daily user that doesn't have admin privileges. That way every time you need to do a privileged act, you have to enter the admin username/password and that's a good check to ensure that you are OK with doing what is being done. This prevents any random app from causing you issues because the non-admin account can only play with files in their home directory. [/QUOTE]
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