Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Root Password?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Sherman Homan" data-source="post: 363927" data-attributes="member: 22094"><p>Yes, there is a root account, it does give you access to everything. Admin accounts do not give you access to other admin accounts, root does. No, it is not enabled by default. Check this out:</p><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290</a></p><p>Be careful when you log in as root! You can do all kinds of things that the system won't let normal users do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sherman Homan, post: 363927, member: 22094"] Yes, there is a root account, it does give you access to everything. Admin accounts do not give you access to other admin accounts, root does. No, it is not enabled by default. Check this out: [url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290[/url] Be careful when you log in as root! You can do all kinds of things that the system won't let normal users do! [/QUOTE]
Verification
Name this item. 🍎
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Root Password?
Top
