[wplug] Need help but somewhat offtopic

[Keir Josephson]

On Feb 22, 2004, at 10:01 PM, Robert E. Coutch wrote:
>
> BTW - It asked for a password when I tried to su from a terminal 
> window.
> Did I need to SU and if so, what's the password? It never asked for a 
> root
> password during setup.

Whichever user (and password) you created during the initial setup is 
likely the administrator. Almost definitely if you only set up one 
account and it logs in automatically on boot.

By default on OS X, the root user is disabled. Instead you have to use 
the sudo command to run something as root. Such as: sudo vi 
/etc/whatever. You'll be prompted for a password, but it's the same one 
that your logged in with(assuming only one user has been created). This 
is the same password you'll be prompted for if you try to install 
programs or software updates from Apple.

You can get to a root shell by typing: sudo su -. You can also enable 
the root user through the NetInfo utility, but that's not usually 
necessary unless your doing something that specifically requires that 
the root account be active.

-Keir