[ale] OT: how to reset root pw on os X

[Warren Myers]

alternatively, you can 'sudo su -'
WMM

2008/9/17 Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net>

> > Open a terminal and type `sudo su`
>
> It's a bad idea to get into the habit of typing "sudo su" -- this does
> not clear the current environment, change working directory, or
> anything like that.  As such, it leaves the user as a superuser in a
> shell that is potentially dangerously misconfigured (e.g. a bad $PATH,
> etc).
>
> Modern versions of sudo (in Mac OS X from at least 10.3 on, and in
> GNU/Linux for years as well) have a -i flag to "simulate initial
> login".
>
> So use "sudo -i" instead of "sudo su", if your goal is to get a clean
> root shell.
>
> hth,
>
>   --dkg
>
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