Help with users, and root

convertconvert
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
O.K. so I was messing around with adding new users, and I have one question. When I deleted a user account it moved that users folders into a folder named "deleted user" on the users folder of my hardrive. I tried to delete this but I recieve the message " cannot delete folder owed by root."



Am I not able to delete this at all? How do I login as root, or do I just need admin privileges?



Sorry if these are dumb questions. Thanks in advance for any help.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    pop open net info manager and enable the root account. then log out and log back in as root. It is always a good idea to disable (but not delete) the root account when you are done using it.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    convertconvert Posts: 27member
    O.K. I opened netinfo manager, and I see the root account but I'm not sure how to "enable" it. Again, sorry for newbie questions, and thanks for the help!





    edit...





    Never mind I found it. Thanks!!



    [ 05-30-2002: Message edited by: Convert ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 5
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    I dont mind your questions at all. I dont have an OSX machine in front of me right now (stupid Win2000), but i believe in one of the menus you will find what you are looking for.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    mount_my_floppymount_my_floppy Posts: 913member
    One easy way is to copy the password field from a user that you use quite a bit so you know the password of course. Copy this into the password field of the root user. It will show up as just a bunch of scrambled letters but dont worry about that.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    convertconvert Posts: 27member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mount_my_floppy:

    <strong>One easy way is to copy the password field from a user that you use quite a bit so you know the password of course. Copy this into the password field of the root user. It will show up as just a bunch of scrambled letters but dont worry about that.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I thought about trying that but was afraid <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    Thanks for the info!
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