Re: Password Problem
- From: Edward Kearns <kearnserNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:10:23 -0500
On 2006-03-31 14:50:49 -0500, Sally Shears <SallyShears@xxxxxxxxx> said:
In article <2006033022201916807-kearnserNOSPAM@comcastnet>, Edward
Kearns <kearnserNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
... following advice in the "Mastering Mac OS X" manual (Stauffer & McElhearn) that referred to startup in a "single-user mode," which gives some root-level commands. I tried that, and got text followed by localhost:/root #.
I then tried the commands indicated. After the first one, I got a response like "illegal command." I tried others, and got no response at all, including when I typed EXIT. I had to turn off power to exit.
Just for the record, the command to get you out of that spot is:
reboot
You are in the Unix/BSD shell as root. There are a range of commands
and no safety barriers so don't go typing willy-nilly.
-- Sally
I was hoping someone had advice on why I even had to go to root level, as the normal method wasn't working!
Ed
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