[CUBE] American Keyboard

[J.C. Webber III]

In my opinion, using Netinfo Manager is *way* too complicated
method to use to enable the root account.  Maybe because I'm
an oldtime(r) command-line guy, but I find it much easier to
just run the following command in the Terminal App:

sudo passwd root
(enter *your* password to authorize this sudo command)
(at the prompt, enter your preferred root password)
(at the next prompt, enter it again for confirmation)

Works for me....
-- jcw
Oliver Köll wrote:
> See inline
> 
> >> i think you misunderstood how to fix this problem (as posted by 
> >> someone
> >> on the Apple Discussions board).
> >>
> >> What helped me was:
> >>
> >> 1. Enable the root user in the Netinfo Manager app (if not done 
> >> before)
> > How do you do that? I have never opened that app...
> 
> /Applications/Utilitites/Netinfo Manager in the Security Menu, i think.
> 
> >> 2. Log in as root on the Mac OS X login screen (not in the Terminal)
> > I can only choose between the 2 users I have created or maybe I can 
> > choose
> > root as soon as I enable it in the Netinfo Manager app?
> 
> Choose Others... and type in "root" in the name field. The password is 
> probably the same as with your main Administrator account - or you 
> choose it when you enable root, i can't remember right now.
> 
> >> 3. Set your keyboard/international preferences to French in the System
> >> Preferences App.
> >>
> >> 4. Log out and re-login with your usual account and fix the 
> >> preferences
> >> there.
> >>
> >> 5. Voila!
> 
> Cheers, Oliver
> 
> 

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J.C. Webber III       
Technical Lead, Unix System Administrator
jcw at kingoblio.com (home) www.kingoblio.com