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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" |
| Date | 2014-02-06 12:25 -0800 |
| Organization | Datemas.de http://www.news.datemas.de |
| Message-ID | <ld0r47$j8d$1@news.datemas.de> (permalink) |
| References | <1lgj9ve.j894gc1to0570N%peter@pfjames.co.uk> <slrnlf1d7b.3hq.mr@irc.sandman.net> <1lgjj1c.1tqjewa1oqf9vkN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> <blcemkFej8dU3@mid.individual.net> <1lgk57f.13ht9ouzhfxxcN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> |
On 2014-02-04 19:25:26 +0000, Peter James said: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 2014-02-04, Peter James <pfj@doesn't.exist.com> wrote: >>> >>> I can't utilise "sudo" as neither my admin password or user password >>> are accepted. Can you tell me the way around this? >> >> Make sure you didn't introduce a typo when you supplied the credentials >> to sudo. >> >> You need to be logged into an admin account to use sudo. >> >> If you are currently logged into a non-admin account, simply use the su >> command to switch to the admin user, like this: >> >> su adminusername > Many thanks, that did it. As a follow-up for anyone who's reading this, your setup is actually a very good way to work. Have an account with administrator privileges, but actually use your Mac day-to-day with a standard account. Any time you need administrator privileges in the GUI, you'll be prompted for an admin account's credentials, and at the command line, you can "su <adminuser>" then use "sudo" for anything that requires administrator privileges.
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Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" peter@pfjames.co.uk (Peter James) - 2014-02-04 08:30 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-02-04 09:33 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-04 10:42 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-04 11:12 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-02-04 11:36 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 07:09 -0800
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-04 15:18 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-04 19:25 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-02-06 12:25 -0800
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-04 14:52 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 13:08 -0500
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2014-02-04 23:40 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" peter@pfjames.co.uk (Peter James) - 2014-02-05 11:03 +0000
Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks" Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-05 13:36 +0000
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