On Aug 8, 2005, at 5:10 AM, Dean Hamstead wrote:
macosx has the same locked root as ubuntu to enable root, log in as an user with admin privileges. then open a shell sudu bash put in your password youll then be in a bash shell as root, you can then go passwd change your root password. then you can 'su' to root.
This is the hard way to do it. Instead, in OS-X, launch NetInfo(Bootdisk->Applications->Utilities->NetInfo Manager) and select the "Security" menu. One of the selections allows you to unlock the root account & set its password.
Dan Killoran