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Aug 3, 2012 2:22 PM in response to baltwoby etresoft,★Helpfulbaltwo wrote:
Those instructions are awful. I wrote a User Tip that is much easier and does not require enabling any root user.
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Aug 3, 2012 5:16 PM in response to etresoftby adamski007av,Thanks for getting back to me, i really appreciate it. This way sounds a lot less complicated and low risk than the other way..just to confirm when i go to the app store and type in Terminal.app there are 3 that come up, terminal here, oterminal and Openin terminal - which one is it?
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Aug 3, 2012 5:50 PM in response to etresoftby baltwo,Blame the organization that put it out there and file an ER via BugReporter to get it fixed. Anyway, thanks for posting the tip. FWIW, you need to add the step dealing with the Password: prompt after using return/enter key with the sudo command. Most users wouldn't understand that the admin password is needed and doesn't show on the screen.
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Aug 3, 2012 5:57 PM in response to adamski007avby etresoft,It is Terminal.app on your machine. You can find it in LaunchPad inside Utilities (I think). You can also just type "terminal" into a Spotlight search.
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Aug 3, 2012 6:09 PM in response to baltwoby etresoft,All done. However, I don't see Apple updating that documenation any time soon. I actually filed an ER in November, 2011 asking Apple to improve the Root User procedure so that it was more like Windows' "Run as" operation. Here is Apple's response: "Please describe a scenario in which you cannot use sudo to do this?" Maybe after my new ER Apple will heed its own advice - but I doubt it
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Aug 3, 2012 7:01 PM in response to etresoftby baltwo,Thanks for the update. I'm not holding my breath, either.
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Aug 3, 2012 10:13 PM in response to etresoftby adamski007av,Got it, so do i leave the text thats in there also or delete it?
Last log in sat aug 4 15:09:30 on ttys000
adams imac :~ adam******$
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Aug 4, 2012 6:52 AM in response to adamski007avby etresoft,That is a command prompt. You won't be able to delete it.