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giblfiz · 09-02-2003, 10:53 AM

Ok, I hav'nt worked too much with OSX, but I more or less live on the command line.

first off, I assume you already know that when type in the password it will not show your cursor, show it move or anything else.

try useing su to swich to another normal user. I recall there being something a little weird about osX trying to keep people out of the root account.

so try using your normal gui tools to make an accout for say user bob, with a password your sure of then from your normal account try
bash$ su bob
Password:

you know. I just looked it up.. apparently they don't let people log in as root, you need to use sudo. try
bash$ sudo bash
that should launch a shell that has root accsess in the window your working in.

oh you might also want to look at
bash$ which sudo

hope some of that helps

[EDIT]
this is probably better advice than I am giveing.
http://www.osxzone.com/static/hacks.html

09-02-2003, 10:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
giblfiz is a shoggoth Location: LA	Ok, I hav'nt worked too much with OSX, but I more or less live on the command line. first off, I assume you already know that when type in the password it will not show your cursor, show it move or anything else. try useing su to swich to another normal user. I recall there being something a little weird about osX trying to keep people out of the root account. so try using your normal gui tools to make an accout for say user bob, with a password your sure of then from your normal account try bash$ su bob Password: you know. I just looked it up.. apparently they don't let people log in as root, you need to use sudo. try bash$ sudo bash that should launch a shell that has root accsess in the window your working in. oh you might also want to look at bash$ which sudo hope some of that helps [EDIT] this is probably better advice than I am giveing. http://www.osxzone.com/static/hacks.html __________________ Use the star one and you'll be fighting off the old ones with your bare hands -A Shoggoth on the Roof Last edited by giblfiz; 09-02-2003 at 10:55 AM..