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From: The New guy on 23 Apr 2008 14:12
I rarely use Terminal but today seemed odd. I tried to type in my
password (same one I use for installs) after inputing su and it wasn't
accepted. Does su demand a different password? I tried all the
possible password combos (the caps lock wasn't on) and no luck. Even
tried su do and no luck. ???
From: The New guy on 23 Apr 2008 14:15
In article <noemailhere-FCD543.13125923042008(a)news.mts.net>,
The New guy <noemailhere(a)please.comm> wrote:

> I rarely use Terminal but today seemed odd. I tried to type in my
> password (same one I use for installs) after inputing su and it wasn't
> accepted. Does su demand a different password? I tried all the
> possible password combos (the caps lock wasn't on) and no luck. Even
> tried su do and no luck. ???

Well I found this page:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010324095804436
then used this: sudo passwd root
and all seems fine. I wonder how it got changed?
From: Steven Fisher on 23 Apr 2008 14:51
In article <noemailhere-FCD543.13125923042008(a)news.mts.net>,
The New guy <noemailhere(a)please.comm> wrote:

> I rarely use Terminal but today seemed odd. I tried to type in my
> password (same one I use for installs) after inputing su and it wasn't
> accepted. Does su demand a different password? I tried all the
> possible password combos (the caps lock wasn't on) and no luck. Even
> tried su do and no luck. ???

I think you probably meant to use sudo or sudo -s.
From: Dave Seaman on 23 Apr 2008 14:55
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:15:40 -0500, The New guy wrote:
> In article <noemailhere-FCD543.13125923042008(a)news.mts.net>,
> The New guy <noemailhere(a)please.comm> wrote:

>> I rarely use Terminal but today seemed odd. I tried to type in my
>> password (same one I use for installs) after inputing su and it wasn't
>> accepted. Does su demand a different password? I tried all the
>> possible password combos (the caps lock wasn't on) and no luck. Even
>> tried su do and no luck. ???

> Well I found this page:
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010324095804436
> then used this: sudo passwd root
> and all seems fine. I wonder how it got changed?

I suspect nothing was changed, and you are simply misremembering. The
way to get a root shell under OS X has always been to type "sudo bash" or
"sudo -s", not "su", which has never worked unless you go out of your way
to assign a root password, which is not recommended.


--
Dave Seaman
Third Circuit ignores precedent in Mumia Abu-Jamal ruling.
<http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/29/18489281.php>
From: nospamatall on 23 Apr 2008 15:06
The New guy wrote:
> In article <noemailhere-FCD543.13125923042008(a)news.mts.net>,
> The New guy <noemailhere(a)please.comm> wrote:
>
>> I rarely use Terminal but today seemed odd. I tried to type in my
>> password (same one I use for installs) after inputing su and it wasn't
>> accepted. Does su demand a different password? I tried all the
>> possible password combos (the caps lock wasn't on) and no luck. Even
>> tried su do and no luck. ???
>
> Well I found this page:
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010324095804436
> then used this: sudo passwd root
> and all seems fine. I wonder how it got changed?

just a guess, but if you had root enable in the past, and then found it
isn't now, it's possible 10.5 disabled it. Might be to do with the
switch away from NetInfo.
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