Comments on: Enable root account in Snow Leopard

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[...] I enabled the root user for my computer and logged in. Once in the root account, I went to my main hard drive [...]

By: Dmac

Dmac — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:27:48 +0000

I am not sure why you'd want to enable the root account at all — so long as you have sudo. You can become root whenever you need it.
> Start a Command Term. Then…

ddmac:~ dmac$ sudo -s
Password:
bash-3.2# whoami
root

By: Dmac

Dmac — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:26:42 +0000

I am not sure why you'd want to enable the root account at all -- so long as you have sudo. You can become root whenever you need it.
> Start a Command Term. Then...

ddmac:~ dmac$ sudo -s
Password:
bash-3.2# whoami
root

By: Alooooony

Alooooony — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:47:27 +0000

drag terminal to cashes then u can use terminial

By: Ted Irving

Ted Irving — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:20:09 +0000

i need help in osx 10.6.6 to disable the root user because two of my workstations for some crazy reason are only booting with the, “Other,” login. All of my other logins no longer show. None of my administrator or guest passwords are getting me past this other login window. Is there a verbose or single user unix code that will delete or turn off the root user login so that my other logins will appear? I've tried everything including a diagnostic disc and i can not get past this root user, Other login in window.

By: Behnam-s

Behnam-s — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:53:40 +0000

sudo -i
does this!

By: Danno_g14

Danno_g14 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:13:52 +0000

wow thx mate finally got it enabled!!!

By: tiger

tiger — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:04:04 +0000

once you've opened Directory Utility, go to the Edit menu in the menu bar. that's where the Enable/Disable Root User menu option is. if you don't see it, maybe you're not running Snow Leopard or something?

By: mac from school

mac from school — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:00:56 +0000

Im using a mac that the school lend me and i cannot enable terminal, As well when i open Directory Utility it states that i do not have permission.
any advice would be great