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Have a client w/lab of iMacs running 10.3.7: after a power outage, his root password is invalid: he has tried booting from CD, changing password, rebooting from HD, password still invalid. These machines are not on a server - each hd has it's own image. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...

I've got two slackware boxes, one of which is my backup machine. Instead of always trying to get my two /root s synchronized I was thinking I could just export my /root from my primary machine (which I use all the time) to my backup machine (which I almost never use). slackware.2# cat...

Hi there. OS X 10.3.7 G5 tower. I have a Lacie external drive used with a previous mac. It has a complete image of the old mac, but the user folder has a padlock on it and appears empty. On the new mac I've logged in as root to change the ownership of the folder, but get: The...

If I come up with code or scripts specifically for use by the root user, where would I put it? I want to stay away from /bin/, /sbin, or /usr/bin/ thinking (rightly or not?) that those are for binaries that come with stock installs. Dominik Hoffmann

hello people, I've been trying to setup sudo to run as root with no password in Panther. However, I appear to be doing something wrong despite reading the man page, using hints posted on other sites and copying the sudoer format from various Linux installations. No matter what I do, sudo...

OK, I have to go through an extremely complicated install process involving a trip to NetInfo Manager and enabling the root user access. Veritas' Backup Exec install process is absolutely horrible compared to most other drag-n-drop / install programs. Should I be worried? I know enabling...

I am trying to copy files from one hard drive to another. When I attempt to copy these files logged in as myself, I get an error stating that not all files could be read. So, to circumvent this problem, I logged into the Finder as root, and tried the copy as well. This time, I receive an...

do i need to be root to start apache? can i start it as an admin? however i get this error: fopen: Permission denied httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log. /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful: httpd could not be started thanks in advance....also how do i...

When I try to publish a calendar witn iCal in my .Mac account, it starts the process, and when it finishes, the iCal applications presents the published icon in the calendar, but the iCal aplication freezes, the menu items are all gray, and when i click in the iCal window, it makes a "plung"...

Since upgrading to Panther (clean install) I'm only able to connect to my databases as "root". I've granted access permissions to all my tables, using the (presumed correct) syntax: PHP: grant*select,*insert,*update,*delete*on*mydb.table*to*dbadmin*identified*by*'adminpassword'...

Before anyone says anything, yes, I am entirely aware of the risks of enabling the root user, and that's why I intended to disable it after I was finished working with it. (Unfortunately, the only easy way to set the keyboard layout of the login window is to enable root user, change the...

I know this isn't a Mac UNIX question but any help would be appreciated. I got an Indy last year but I've only just managed to get a sync-on-green monitor to run it with. Anyway, I've managed to upgrade the RAM and disable the PROM password, and the system seems to be booting up ok. However I...

We got a server running OSX 10.3 (Not server) and I "want" to share a folder on our external RAID to our PC´s. But I can´t figur out how to change the root to that folder. The Built-in smb "on/off" does only share the home catalouge. Is this even possible to change?

I am building an installable package (.pkg) with PackageMaker 1.1.11 (that's the one that comes with Panther). The package is for installing things both to /Applications and to some folders in /Library (/Library/StartupItems and a new folder that I'm putting in /Library). I do (obviously) not...

Hi I just installed os 10.3 and am trying to access my root account, but do not know the password? How can I change it, and what is the default? Thanks

I'm trying to change the password I set up for my root MySQL user. What I've read says the syntax is: shell > mysqladmin -u root old_password new_password but I keep getting the error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)' So I must not be typing...

Hi guys, a werid thing happend yesterday. I decided to run Deja Vu back up utility overnight. In the morning I tried to login to my account with my username and my password, however the system gave me 'root' access. When Finder started, I saw a 'root' home directory, and a desktop that did not...

FAQ: Hi I am trying to install a program and it is telling me to coppy files to my web root. I am new to Mac. and I have no idea where my web root is located.

Help. After setting up my machine in Cocktail for "Single User", My machine will not boot to the OSX interface. It has taken me to the root directory and I cannot log in from there. Instead, it is asking me to run "/sbin/fsck -y" and then "/sbin/mount -uw". Since the disk is journaled, fsck will...

I really have 2 questions: 1. Where is the root of OSX. How do I navigate to the root instead of always being in the home directory where all my movies, itunes, documents. I want to get at the guts of the Apple OS. 2. Where is the utilites folder? I am looking for the application that...