OS X :: Wants To Set Up A Root Account?
Aug 1, 2010I've done this before quite a while ago - and have now forgotten how!I remember there was an app in Utilities folder that allowed me to set up a root account so I had total control of my system.
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OS X :: Only Write Permissions - Even On Root Account?
Jun 26, 2010There is a folder on my mac that holds the program files for a program, I only have read access to the whole folder and the files within it, even when using the root account. I am not looking to edit an files, just rename one. How can I do this? I have looked online and found no help.
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Jun 27, 2012Access to root account?
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Applications :: Cyberduck Only Works With Root Ftp Account
Jul 29, 2010I've been using cyberduck with only a few hiccups, but recently, I needed to create an ftp account for one folder. However, whenever I try to log into this new account it refuses to log in! I try the main ftp, and it works fine, then I disconnect and try the alternative It says that the "login failed" and then keeps prompting me to type in the password- which I do over and over until....well, you get the picture. Can anyone tell me what the problem is?
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May 1, 2012After enabling the root user and logging into that account I tried to log back into my regular user and found that everything was set back to default. No files, pictures, anything... Â
Going into the Users folder I can see my account and it has all of the files on the desktop and such.Â
How do I log back into my regular user account with all of my settings?Â
Software :: Root Access By Enabling Actual Account Briefly
Mar 27, 2010On 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?
OS X :: Root Path In Mac?
Oct 12, 2010I am a newbye over MAc. On Java, sometimes it happens to place all my job on root (WIndows C:)Here on MAc what is the equivalent path??Maybe this a silly quetsion or maybe it is place d in thr wrong forum.
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Apr 7, 2009I finally took the plunge and ordered a MacPro quad 2.66. I am waiting for it, and in the meantime I might sell my Dual g5 1.8. The problem is that like this I could not transfer the files from one mac to the other. Second problem is that I run my machines as root in order not to have to deal with any security question (I know, it is a bit reckless, but knowing nothing about unix I started like that with the G5 5 years ago...), and I see that everything is in hidden files/directories that cannot be accessed easily (I thought I could enter in the new machine as root and I could access the root user data on the other disk, but it doesn't work, I tried on another machine).
Is there any clean solution that allows to move one root user from one disk, installed on the Pro, to the boot disk. Otherwise, any unclean (i.e. scripts etc)?
OS X :: Cannot Log Onto 10.4 System - Enabling Root?
May 7, 2009Well 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?
OS X :: Add Root Path To System
Jun 7, 2009I am trying to add a root path to my system for my android sdk. I created a .bash_profile under the ~/ and the contents are as below: export PATH={PATH}:/Users/phil/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r2/tools export PATH={PATH}:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin However, if I type "echo $PATH" I get the following: {PATH}:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin How can I get the "export "export PATH={PATH}:/Users/phil/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r2/tools" to show up as a path?
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Jan 4, 2009I have a MacBook running OS X 10.5.6. I just installed MySQL (version MySQL 5.1.30-ndb-6.3.20-cluster-gpl) on it and I was trying to create a new database within it. However, I am told I do not have the necessary privileges to do this. The message goes on to state to use the root user to create databases and grant the necessary privileges to the new account. When I try to connect with the root user id, I left the password blank, since I have never set the password. This did not work since either it already has a default password. I looked at a previous message regarding enabling the root login. In it they state I should go to the "Netinfo" manager in the Utilities folder. I don't know if this is on a different version of the OS since I can't find the particular app. I have experience with Linux and I know that the root user id is very sensitive and should be used very sparingly if at all.
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Jan 13, 2009I just bought a used Emac running 10.3.9. The previous owner does not remember the administrator password nor did I realize how important it is to have. I have the original install discs and did boot using the disc. I then went under the install menu and chose reset password. I changed the user password but have been unsuccessful at changing the admin password. The drop down menu in password reset gave me the option of Administrator (root), Application, or finally user. I have read a couple of articles cautioning not to change or work with root changes.
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Oct 24, 2010I am taking a class in php and trying to figure out what the equivalent of the root of the C drive in windows ("c:/") is for the Mac.
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Feb 13, 2009I have an iPatch patch I need to apply with root privilege to an application. iPatch patches are drag and drop, which doesn't apply the privilege, so I think I need to apply it through the terminal.
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Apr 28, 2009I have accidentally deleted the Private folder in the root of the HD. Now OSX will not boot. The folder is still sitting in my Trash folder and I would like from the Boot CD Terminal to copy back from the trash to the Macintosh HD/ location.
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May 25, 2009Can a Leopard root filesystem be HFSX? If that will work, how do I tweak the installer to make it happen?Also, can I make a user's FileVault be HFSX? I could never make that work in Tiger, weird things happened.
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Sep 11, 2009Ok so opened Directory Utility, unlocked it and then selected Enable Root User and set a password, locked Directory Utility opened terminal and typed sudo root.
When I entered the password I set I just get "Sorry, try again". Have tried going back into Directory Utility and changing the password but get the same thing.
OS X :: Bug In IOKit Provides Hacker Root Access
Jul 2, 2010Finally some mac news. Only not positive newsI don't feel well to translate it today.Source (Dutch):
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May 17, 2008I am running 10.5.2 on a late 2006 core 2 duo iMac. 2 GHz 17" w 3 GB installed. I recently purchased Hear which is an audio enhancing program. It does run but not quite correctly. Once you set up the audio settings as you like you are suppose to be able tp quit its GUI and the settings remain as they are through reboots etc.Under my normal admin acct it doesn't quite do that. It forgets if I close it.However, when I log into root it works just fine. I also run FStream to listen to internet radio but for some reason Hear only sees FStream under the root acct. I tried turning off or uninstalling every third party app I was using to see if something was conflicting, so far I have had no luck.
I guess my question is, What would cause something to not quite work correctly under an administrator acct but fine under root? I am at a loss where to look at this point.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Mount SMB Share As Root?
Feb 18, 2012I'm currently working on migrating some machines from Snow Leopard to Lion, and I have a bunch of postimaging scripts that are fired on first boot. The first script automatically mounts an SMB share to copy the rest of the postimaging scripts and run them. However it would seem that it is no longer possible to mount an SMB share as root (root as in running sudo -i as an admin account to get to a root shell, or running the command prefixed with sudo) as it fails with "mount_smbfs: server rejected the connection: Authentication error". As far as I can tell, the request is not actually making it to the SMB server, as there is no log entries indicating a failure for this particular user to logon.
Info:
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: What PatchApp Owned By Root
Feb 29, 2012My Activity Monitor says this thing is hogging my CPUs, my laptop is getting very warm and I can hear the fans going full blast. I'm using Lion 10.7.3 and have a MacBook Pro.
Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Log In As Root Or Change Password
Mar 19, 2012How to enable the root userOS X LionFrom the Apple menu choose System Preferences....From the View menu choose Users & Groups.Click the lock and authenticate as an administrator account.Click Login Options....Click the "Edit..." or "Join..." button at the bottom right.Click the "Open Directory Utility..." button.Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.Enter the root password you wish to use in both the Password and Verify fields, then click OK.For some reason this does not even booting for instalation media it says that the disc can not be changed.
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Jun 9, 2012I am trying to "chown" a directory and it's files but I recieve operation not permitted. I believe I need to become root "su - root" to performe chown. My question is how do I retrieve root pass
Info:
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Root Login Fails Mac Osx 10.7.3
Jun 29, 2012I am trying to use the Apple-approved method of changing a user account short name. This involves enabling the Root User, logging in as root, and then perform a few simple steps. I've done this many times before successfully on many different Macs. However on this particular MacBook Air, while I can enable root and enter the appropriate password via the "Other" choice at the 10.7 login screen, logging in as root fails. Here's what happens:
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Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
PowerPC :: G4 Admin Root Password For Installing 10.4
Jun 24, 2008I recently acquired a Power Mac G4 digital audio which is running 10.3 Panther. I was planning on doing some video editing with it using FCE 4.0. The only problem is I need to be running 10.4 or later. My only problem is, I can't install 10.4 because I dont know the administrator password, and I have no means of contact with the original owner. I also dont have the original install disks. How could I reset the admin pass so that I can install new software?
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Feb 16, 2009my iphoto 6 saves some of my root folder names in the finder window and not others. any help for how to name all folders for finding pics easier.
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Apr 8, 2009Just did it by mistake. Now the Mac can not show up the log in screen anymore. How can I recover from it.
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Jul 26, 2009enabling root user in Snow Leopard (10A421). I tried to find the directory utility in utitlites but couldn't find it. I read in other threads that Directory utility has been removed and all the functionality is moved to user accounts. But didn't find how to enable the root user.
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Jan 3, 2010My Macbook Pro 2.4 got force restarted a few times because it was locking up (a friend's faulty external drive I was trying to fix). It was running fine, then when I tried to connect my own external drives they wouldn't mount anymore and I got this error:
/system/..../IOStorageFamily.kext was installed improperly.
I came here and read up on common solutions. I have:
- Ran Disk utility repair and repair permissions
- Followed this article: [URL]
- In verbose and single user mode all I get is the dreaded "waiting for root device" over and over. They all have not worked so far. However in safe mode it actually boots. It seems to me that some drivers were perhaps corrupted when I turned it off abruptly and now it has trouble mounting any drive. What are my options at this point?
OS X :: Initial Setup With Tiger - Root User?
Feb 8, 2010My mum bought a MacBook two or three years ago, but after a while it became unbearably slow. She stopped using it. I recently dug it up to try to do something about it, needed her password for reinstalling the OS, which she of course forgot (the password, not the OS). Anyway, I messed around in Single User Mode and accidentally effed something up - the "Couldn't find root user. Sleeping and trying again." message started flooding the screen.
I read somewhere that I should delete a file that would make the MacBook show me the initial setup screen upon startup, so I did - all was well until I got to the end of registration. When I click 'Continue' it should take me to the screen responsible for creating a new login account - instead there is a grey 1px line in the middle of the light-grey box. I can still click 'Go Back', but that obviously takes me no-where.
