[G4] OT - OSX newbie question....

[Steve Goldstein]

You were doing it correctly.  I just tried it, and it worked for me. 
Are you logginto the machine in an admin-enabled account?  Check 
"Accounts" under System Preferences.  --Steve

At 12:22 PM -0400 8/1/03, Mike Tweedie wrote:
>How does one use terminal in SU (Super User) mode? I type in su at the
>prompt, and then an admin pwd, and it spits me back out!?
>
>I want to vi some files.... (I know, I know, but I am an old UNIX guy)