Antonio Rodriguez3
Level 1
(9 points)
Q: Root User Glitch/Question
Has any else encountered a password error for root user that uses an admin user account instead?
Recently I had to reinstall 10.11 onto an iMac and went to create a bootable drive. When I ran sudo it asked for the root password (which is enabled) and kept saying "Sorry, try again." I was certain I knew the password but wasn't sure so I reset the root user password. After the reset Terminal would still not accept it. I decided to user my admin password and it worked.
Is this how it's suppose to behave or am I missing something? (To err is Human but to REALLY screw up, run sudo)
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)
Barney-15E
Level 8
(49,836 points)
sudo doesn't switch to root. It elevates the current user's permissions if they are in the sudoers file (admin accounts by default).
