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Re: Setting up "root" user in OS X "Mavericks"

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pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) writes:

> Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1lgj9ve.j894gc1to0570N%peter@pfjames.co.uk>, 
> >Peter James <peter@pfjames.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > I need to enable the root user in Mavericks v 10.9.1 so I can access my
> > > Crash, Console, and System Logs.
> > 
> > No you don't.
> > 
> > /var/log/system.log is readable by the admin group, which I assume you're
> > in, so you can read it whenever. Same with /System/Logs/CrashReporter
> > 
> > Using the Console application, /Applications/Utilities/Console, you can
> > read just about any log file on the system.
> > 
> > Anything you actually need root privileges for can be accessed with the
> > sudo command, like "sudo cat logfile.txt" or even "sudo -s" which will
> > start a root shell under your current user.
> > 
> > There is no need for you to enable the root user.
> OK I can access the log files and crash reporter via Console.  Thank
> you.  
> However, I can't utilise "sudo" as neither my admin password or user
> password are accepted.
> Can you tell me the way around this?


You need to be logged in already as an admin user.

Then you'll use the password for that (admin) user to use sudo.

If you want you can even get essentially a root shell via

sudo bash

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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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