How do I enable root user? 10.5

FAQ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528
is oblique, and I think, incomplete.
I enter enable and create password according to instructions, but no mention is made what happens after to allow me root access. I notice that a new user is created, but login requires both a name and a password.
I need to access hosts file in terminal and no matter how I try to login, I am not allowed access.

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Posted on Feb 17, 2009 4:20 PM

32 replies

Mar 4, 2009 3:04 AM in response to Neville Hillyer

If this does not work try booting from your Tiger drive as usual and changing the Leopard drives permissions in the Finder.

If neither of these work please start a new thread with a link to it from this thread.

Mar 4, 2009 3:05 AM in response to flinnr

Really hoping someone can help!!! I inadvertantly changed permissions on my startup volume for "Everyone" to "No access". Now I can't do ANYTHING! Can't change it back, either, because I no longer have permission. I need to find a way to reset the permission for the startup volume. Was hoping I could do it by logging in as Root or by using sudo in Terminal. However, I've never used terminal, so I wouldn't no what command to type to change my setting back to "Read/Write, Read/Write, Read Only." Can anyone PLEASE help??? Also, can no longer boot from this volume, although I can boot from an external backup drive that is still running Tiger (as opposed to the recently installed Leopard).

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How do I enable root user? 10.5