Cain Manor

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Enable & Disable root in OS-X

While this isn’t a good thing for most peo­ple, it’s good to know. If you don’t know why you need it, DON’T DO IT.

dsenableroot
username = your username
user password:
root password:
verify root password:
 
dsenableroot:: ***Successfully enabled root user.

And to dis­able root

dsenableroot -d
username = your username
user password:
 
dsenableroot:: ***Successfully disabled root user.

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