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Re: Controlling root access



On 4/26/05 10:51, "Kok-Yong Tan" <email@hidden> wrote:

> At 16:32 +0100 4/26/05, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
>> On 4/26/05, Kok-Yong Tan <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> Outside of NetInfo Manager, how many other ways can root access be
>>> enabled and disabled on a client system without booting into
>>> single-user mode and then monkeying with the NetInfo database via CLI?
>> 
>> I think you can do it by booting off an install CD, too.
>> 
>> -- Finlay
> 
> Hmmm...interesting.  I thought you could only *RESET* an already existing user
> password that way, not enable root.

You can change the password for any existing user account, including root.

-- 
John C. Welch         Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com              Mac and other opinions
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