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Re: Locked Disks

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On 2015-10-22, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> I <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
>> 
>> How do you activate superuser (root) on 10.7? Working elsewhere, I've
>> noticed that occasionally trying to execute a command using sudo fails
>> but actually executing in as root works. (Earlier versions of OS X give
>> useful information when asking for help on "super user". 10.7.5 gives
>> none.)
>
> OS X Daily explained how to do it. Doing it at the high level is
> problematic, but it's incredibly easy in a terminal window. All you need
> is to be an admin and to enter
>
>      dsenableroot
>
> at the prompt. It will assume that you have the power to do this and
> prompt for your password, a password for root, and a confirmation of
> that password.

Enabling the root account is horrible advice to give, considering the
security implications and the fact that it is not necessary or
recommended.

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Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-17 10:38 -0700
  Re: Locked Disks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-17 19:04 +0000
    Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-17 22:34 -0700
  Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-17 22:51 -0700
    Re: Locked Disks Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-10-18 14:59 -0700
      Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-21 10:11 -0700
        Re: Locked Disks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-21 13:14 -0400
        Re: Locked Disks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-22 02:13 +0000
          Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-22 10:48 -0700
            Re: Locked Disks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-22 18:03 +0000
              Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-24 11:02 -0700
    Re: Locked Disks csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-22 10:48 -0700
      Re: Locked Disks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-22 18:04 +0000
      Re: Locked Disks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-22 14:06 -0400
      Re: Locked Disks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-22 18:16 +0000
  Re: Locked Disks (Now Unlocked) csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-10-18 23:43 -0700

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