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Re: dumb ibook question

Subject: Re: dumb ibook question
From: Roger Fischer <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:11:01 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Robert C Jacobson wrote:

> At 11:44 AM -0500 3/22/02, Warren Pollans wrote:
> >[snip]
>
> >I can't get root privileges on this box (don't know the root password -
> >can't su to root - and never will be, according to the TechSupportGuy I
> >spoke with).

If you have the Mac OS X install CD, you can boot off of the CD.
Then somewhere on there (don't have mine here with me) there is an option
to reset the root password.

I've heard this several times on some mailing lists, but I've never
actually tried it myself.

Good luck,
rog
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