Comments on: Enable root account in Snow Leopard

By: Name

Name — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:16:28 +0000

Oops, I responded to this comment below (post by “name” on Fri. Feb. 19 @ 10:14am Central).

By: Name

Name — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:13:47 +0000

Um……….. not on this Mac running Snow Leopard 10.6.2. I just enabled root user following the steps listed above. I am set up to receive auto updates, but out of curiosity, which update was it?

I'm not calling you out, doctorlove2010, merely asking if the update disables the function, but not the physical enablement. I mean, I'm able to follow the instructions, but will enabling root user just not do anything anymore?

By: André Renault

André Renault — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:55:11 +0000

You can also run 'SUDO passwd root' w/out quotes and type your admin password then the root password.

By: doctorlove2010

doctorlove2010 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:42:23 +0000

The last security update eliminated the EDIT Root User function

By: menson

menson — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:32:24 +0000

Thanx thanx so much for this tip !!!! you saved my digital life

By: sheemer

sheemer — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:51:41 +0000

I don't remember if I:ve done above or not, but just *sudo -s* is working on my SnowLeo.

By: sheemer

sheemer — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:51:41 +0000

I don't remember if I:ve done above or not, but just *sudo -s* is working on my SnowLeo.

By: Am Not So Wise » Blog Archive » 32 vs 64

Am Not So Wise » Blog Archive » 32 vs 64 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:35:50 +0000

[...] Before you do the above first of all you’ll need to gain root privilege into your MBP. Haven’t done this before here’s the way. [...]

By: rodo

rodo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:59:19 +0000

SUDO needs your CURRENT USER password, not the root password. Precisely, SUDO is for AVOIDING using the root password

By: rodo

rodo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:20 +0000

you guys rarely would need this. use the SUDO command instead. Few unix people uses a pure root account nowadays except for boot manipulation and stuff like that.