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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: shlurker who wrote (113391)	6/4/2011 1:00:58 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

>>.. and so evidently you'd need your own unique OSX DVD that came with your computer to be able to get to root. Sounds safe to me ... thanks<< Sorry, but that's not true. You can enable the root account from any admin account. In 10.5 and before, you use the Directory Utility to enable root. In 10.6, you have to do the following: Open Directory Utility in its new home, which is /System/Library/CoreServices. Unlock the application by clicking the padlock icon and entering your Administrator login. Select Edit » Enable Root User. Choose Edit » Change Root Password, and choose a password for the root user. So to do it you need access to the machine and an admin password. It's still quite a safe system. Doren's suggestion about running Software Update from the Apple menu isn't a bad idea at all, if you're concerned about malware possibly faking that screen. But to create a pop-up screen that mimics the Software Update notification, they'd have to have compromised your system already.