Summary: 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...
Summary: we have lost(some one changed) our root password for the machintosh systems in our lab. neither the administrator nor any one of us know about this ...
Summary: I forget the password that I set this weekend to the "ROOT" user account. Is there any way i can change it via the OS or 3rd party software? Thanks. K...
Summary: you all keep telling me to sign into my computer as 'root'. i log off my computer. i see the 'login screen'. i type the name as 'root'. i press ...
Summary: Barry, In order to get to those portions of the Directory, you must have root access to your system. In the Terminal, using my own name - it's just...
Summary: I'm trying to set up Mail 1.3.11 (under OS 10.3.9). My e- mail account provider tells me I may need to set my root mail folder to "mail/" so that the...
Summary: under acounts check the startup folder under user check the .profile under root directory check profile if you still cant find it go to http://www.w...
Summary: I have accidentally moved my inbox from the defaul postion in Outlook Express the root, to a subfolder. How do I move it back to the default positi...
Summary: k I tried it without XPostFacto and it does exact same thing. I did try running os X installer before I tried xpostfacto but it showed the same proble...
Summary: If iTunes won't delete, try logging in as root and deleting it, or using sudo in the Terminal. If *that* won't get rid of it, you better boot in sing...
Summary: When Classic won't launch, the usual reason is that some Classic extension or control panel may be at fault, conflicting with OS X. Relaunch Classic,...
Summary: Hello, I have a brand new iBook (I just got it 3 days ago) and I just finished tranferring the gigbytes of data from my old computer onto it. Now th...
Summary: Here’s a procedure for installing Final Cut Pro 1 (FCP1) on OS X (FCP1 won't run unless you do the following because it doesn't want to run in OS X...
Summary: I can't empty the trash or move stuff from the trash can back to the hardrive. I keep getting a message saying that I don't have privelige. I've trie...
Summary: Using the roaming profile system on Panther, I've come across a problem. Every username has their home directory, and they all store their seperate ...
Summary: Well, I've started tinkering with AppleScript and now I think I'm stuck (I'm a Windows guy so it doesn't take much apparently). I've got the following...
Summary: i've seen this when you have a bad connection to the net. usually when you connect via DHCP and no number is returned. or when your DNS server info ...
Summary: Bring up a terminal window and log in as root type the command passwd username where username is the user you want to change it will ask you for the n...
Summary: The way to do it is "command-shift-3" to get a snapshot, in pict format, of the entire screen area. "command-shift-4" will give you a crosshair in pla...
Summary: Hello! I have a problem that simply made me nuts! I have a quite old PowerBook 3400c 200MHz with 144Ram Recently after my dearly beloved brother drope...
Summary: i got os x. i had two users, but i delteded one of them. in my users folder, i see a file called "dmilbo deleted" and when i try to delete it, it...
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