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Terminal window in os9
Name: Jon Date: May 19, 2003 at 14:51:04 Pacific OS: os9 and 10 CPU/Ram: 700/256
Comment:
How do i bring up a terminal in os9? and where is this pickle guy as i am still waiting for info on my imac screen! oh, and in OSX what is the command to change root password?
You can find telnet apps to download for OS 9, though there is no built-in Terminal.app (or underlying Unix shell to run).
To change the root password, either use Netinfo Manager (under Applications > Utilities) and from the menu choose Security > Change root password, or from the Terminal command line try
sudo passwd root
For most tasks though you don't actually need to be root - you can just use sudo and supply your own password, as long as your account has admin privileges. e.g:
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