23 September 2005

Change root password in OS X

Posted by Mikhail Esteves under: OS X; Tips .

Apple makes it pretty difficult to get root on the newer OS X builds. Here is one way of resetting your root password on OS X:

$ sudo su -
Password: (type your USER password if prompted)
# passwd root

Alternatively, do sudo /bin/bash and then a passwd root.

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One Comment so far...

Michal Says:

8 October 2007 at 12:11 pm.

Awesome! You have no idea how long I have been looking for this.

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