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I had something similar happen when I incorrectly entered the admin password while setting up a machine. I couldn't get in so I used the CD. But afterwards, when I went into NetInfo, I could not Disable/Enable root. the options were greyed out. somebody gave me a CLI command to completely enable root, so I could disable it in NetInfo again.
Minott Opdyke SCT Rose Elementary School 432-2495 >>>Ed Crelin <email@hidden> 04/26/05 10:07 am >>> FYI Interesting caveat regarding the Install CD.
I recently changed some passwords on machines using the Install CD. If
I changed the root password it automatically enabled it and wouldn't
auto boot into the admin single user mode as it was set to. If I left
the root password alone and only changed the admin password, root
remained disabled.
I certainly wouldn't recommend this as a routine method of enabling
root. This may not even be germane to the issue but I was surprised by
the result and since the Install CD was mentioned I thought I might
chime in.
Ed Crelin
MacInsight, Inc.
On Apr 26, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Minot Opdyke wrote:
> I think what he wants to do is enable root, not change the password
>and he wants to do it without logging in and using NetInfo to enable.
>
>
>Minott Opdyke
>SCT
>Rose Elementary School
>432-2495
>
>>>>"John C. Welch" <email@hidden> 04/26/05 9:30 am >>>
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
>
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