from terminal, if one types in "su" it asks for a root password... now... i certainly have no recollection of creating a root account, nor am i able to modify the account from the users control panel. I understand that this is something that Unix automatically sets up in its OS... but how come i have a password? i tried typing in nothing as the pw, i tried typing the current user's pw with no avail... even possible other passwords that i have used. Nothing. how do i access the root directory from terminal if i dont have the damned password that i didnt create?!?! thanks in advance aj

Apple seems to be following Microsoft's "Assume user has a roomy skull" ideology :-). Coming to the point..most commands you need root access for will run using the sudo command (e.g sudo rm -r * ...dont try this at home :-)) ) ..and the password is the same as the password of any of your normal logins with admin permissions. If you really really need to login as root then head over here.. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum= 106290 Call me stupid..but i kinda like the security that sudo provides:-). Mux

thanks!! worked perfectly