Actually, even as a non-admin users, you can open a terminal and su to root.
Also, I also run macOS as a non-admin user; but when you install a new upgrade, etc the system will ask for your admin passwd.
Basically, everyone should have a root password on macOS even though they do not run as admin. If all users set a root password, then the update would not have been necessary, according to what I read when I dug into the details. The issue, or so it seems, is that many or many most macOS users seem to rarely work on the console and do all their work via the Mac GUI.
Well I have tried using both sudo -s and su ladmin in non-admin mode and neither give me access...
OSX 10.13.0, not updated this machine yet, the iMac is done.
Hi all
I had update a server from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10
is it the HBA driver still need to reinstall?
since i can get the driver info as below:
root@sgerpdev # fcinfo hba-port
HBA Port WWN: 21000003ba9b58a3
OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c1
Manufacturer: QLogic Corp.
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I want to update my solaris 10 server which is currently on update 3 stage.
A new application require it to be on update 6.
What is the best way to make it update 6.
should i just install the patch or should i go for the liveupgrade??
thanks for you help in advance (3 Replies)
Hello everyone!
I'm developing a MacOs Application in python and I'm having some issues trying to find information related to the power button pressed event. I know that in Ubuntu 14.04 you can find information about it on the acpi folders, but I realized that here in Mac that process is... (0 Replies)
If run the below code today its creating all directory and getting output files,I f run same code tomorrow I am getting error.
can any one give suggestion to sortout this error.
OSError: no such file or directory : '062518'My code looks like this
import paramiko
import sys
import os ... (8 Replies)
Hello,
I have the following script that just archives and clears some log files.
#!/bin/bash
# script: archive_logs_and_clear
# add date to logfile names and copy archive directory
# clear logs
# change to script directory
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Hello,
I am running a bash script to do an rsync back on a computer running MacOS High Sierra. This is the script I am using,
#!/bin/bash
# main backup location, trailing slash included
backup_loc="/Volumes/Archive_Volume/00_macos_backup/"
# generic backup function
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Hello,
I have a backup script that runs an rsync backup to an external drive. I use the script frequently on Windows and Linux and have installed it on a Mac. The script has an option to run shutdown after the backup has completed. Since backup can take hours to run, this is an option that is... (10 Replies)
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dsenableroot
dsenableroot(8) BSD System Manager's Manual dsenableroot(8)NAME
dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.
SYNOPSIS
dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]
DESCRIPTION
dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.
A list of flags and their descriptions:
-u username
Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.
-p password
Password to use in conjunction with the specified username. If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.
-r rootPassword
Password to be used for the root account. If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.
EXAMPLES -dsenableroot
Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
account.
-dsenableroot -d
Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.
-dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.
-dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.
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