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Super User/Root user

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Can anyone tell me how would I go about creating the Super User account in Jag? I know to go to the terminal and su but I don't know the initial password.... is there one? Just leaving a blank password doesn't work so there must be one, right? I tried my pass but it didn't work and I'm the only user on my computer. -Thanks

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Apple has a kbase document on configuring/setting up the root user. p

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Name: WilliamRobertson
Date: June 17, 2003 at 08:00:55 Pacific

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Try: sudo passwd root First sudo will prompt you for your own password, then passwd will prompt you (twice) for the new password for root. However, you can perform most admin commands using sudo without ever needing to connect as root.

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