Well I don't have the Tiger CD anymore but I heard I can boot into single user mode and enable root? I tried this but didn't work
/sbin/fsck -y
/sbin/mount -uw /
/sbin/SystemStarter
passwd root
Is it different for tiger?
I am trying to enable the root user from the Directory Utility Edit Menu. It was greyed out. Why and how I can enable the root user?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
On my Mac (10.6.2), I always would do this to access root if I had to:
sudo su - or just
sudo su
Well, I had to enable the actual root account briefly and then I disabled it. Now, I can't do sudo su or sudo su -, I just get a Sorry message. If I renable root, I can do it. What's also interesting is that both sudo -i and sudo -s work just fine with root disabled. Why can I no longer do "sudo su -" with root disabled?
I can not find the enable root user in, I am using Lion
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
In step 9 of enabling root for Mac OS X Lion, the answer mentions the Edit menu. However, I can find no such thing. Where is it?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
How do i enable ACLs on 19.5.3 Leopard system?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Since AirPrint is only working for select printers right now, it doesn't work for many people. I have heard of ways to workaround this.
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I am in Terminal, trying to enable PHP. I have found
#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
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Mac OS X (10.6.6)
how to enable both SSH and RDP on Snow Leopard.
We are doing some testing on a Snow Leopard desktop and would like to do some o this work remotely.
I have been trying to figure how to correctly enable SSH and RDP so we can use either of them to remotely manage the box.
First, is this possible on just Snow Leopard and not Snow Leopard Server?
I am struggling to see if this is possible to do. Maybe it is not?
One of the things I liked about 10.4 is that you could type ahead before the login window was fully started and it would keep what you typed. In 10.5, OSX discards everything you typed before it fully started. Is there any way to enable the 10.4 behavior?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
i just noticed today that my photo stream has not been working for over a month. I have all the current updates, but when i try to turn on my photostream in iphoto is says " iphoto was unable to connect to photo stream." In my system preferences, I have photo stream checked but when the errer comes up, it automaticlly unchecks it.
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
How do I enable java script. unable to open movies
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
How come when I enable the "Secure Empty Trash" feature and put something into the trash and then empty the trash it says it's emptying 4 things even though I only put one single item into the trash bin?
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OS X Ver.: Leopard
Backlit Keyboard?: No
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Does anyone know how to successfully enable the taskbar preview in Windows 7? I'm running it within Parallels and every time I run the Windows Experience Index my base score is never higher than 1.0. I hear 3.0 is needed to turn on the taskbar preview. Anyone know of a work around?
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1. type 'about:config' in the address line
2. then change 'gfx.color_management_enabled' to 'true'
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gfx.color_management.display_profile
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended/sRGB Color Space Profile.icm
I am running a new 27" iMac and a MBP 17", both running 10.7.4. Both have Thunderbolt ports. I bought a thunderbolt cable and wish to use the iMac as an external screen for the MBP - Target Display Mode. I have connected both togther via the thunderbolt cable and used Cmd-F2, but nothing. System Information identifies the Thunderbolt ports (2 on the iMac) and nots No Devices Connected.
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Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), Late 2013 version of Mac Pro
I recently started using Google Chrome after seeing all of the new extensions. So far a few things are still left to be desired. I was wondering if anyone knew of an extension I could use to enable bookmark keyboard shortcuts, i.e. Command+1 for your first Bookmark in your Bookmark Bar on Safari. In chrome Command+1 will select a tab if you have multiple tabs open.
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