Had enabled root and set a password but the authentication dialog won't take it, that's why I asked the previous question. On 1/4/05 8:24 PM, "Chris Olson" <chris.olson at astcomm.net> wrote: > On Jan 4, 2005, at 9:21 PM, Dick Grable wrote: > >> OK, I give up. How does a person access SWAT as root? > > > > By using the address: http://1127.0.0.1:901 in Safari (or what ever > your favorite web browser is), it will communicate with SWAT. A little > authentication dialog will automagically slide out of the top of the > window. Where it says "name" you type in "root". Where it says > "password" you type in the root password for the system. If your > system doesn't have the root password enabled, you open a Terminal > window and type in 'sudo passwd root' to set a root password for the > system. > -- > Chris