xerid Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 when I installed Darwin, I had to set a root password, but after the "ditto" install of osx, I can't su to root from a terminal. anyone else experiencing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerid Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 when I installed Darwin, I had to set a root password, but after the "ditto" install of osx, I can't su to root from a terminal. anyone else experiencing this? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, after searching some more, found this... start boot with "-s" option at shell, type: sh /etc/rc passwd curtis *newpass* note: after the sh command, it may look like the system has halted. just do an "ls" to bring the prompt up.... original post can be found here: http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/08/3945/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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