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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 481902" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>I believe root is disabled by default. The first user you created is the administrator, and he uses sudo to do root-like things. This gives you root access to do things for a short duration. You use the password for that administrative (you) user.</p><p></p><p>For example</p><p></p><p>% sudo vi /etc/some/file.conf</p><p></p><p>It asks you for password, then you have the permission to edit such and such root-owned file.</p><p></p><p>Best practice is to not enable root. You can, but the UNIX security weenies will taunt you. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Evil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Evil:" title="Evil :Evil:" data-shortname=":Evil:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 481902, member: 9385"] I believe root is disabled by default. The first user you created is the administrator, and he uses sudo to do root-like things. This gives you root access to do things for a short duration. You use the password for that administrative (you) user. For example % sudo vi /etc/some/file.conf It asks you for password, then you have the permission to edit such and such root-owned file. Best practice is to not enable root. You can, but the UNIX security weenies will taunt you. :Evil: [/QUOTE]
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