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I think I just screwed something up...
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:06 PM
 
I apperently mis read the spport page at Apple.com and I changed the System Administrator (root)'s password. What did I screw up? Will Mac OS X not boot any more? HELP ME PLEASE!!!!
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:12 PM
 
Changing the root password won't break anything; it's just a bit of a security risk (in addition to not actually helping you log into the account you were trying to change the password for). You can disable the root user again to reverse it.
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Oct 12, 2006, 08:39 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chuckit
Changing the root password won't break anything; it's just a bit of a security risk (in addition to not actually helping you log into the account you were trying to change the password for). You can disable the root user again to reverse it.
Thats a load off. Thx man!
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