Solution to forgetting the root password for mac OS

Source: Internet
Author: User


If you have other accounts with administrator permissions, you can use the following command to modify the root password:
Sudo passwd root
Enter the new password and confirm the new password. If www.2cto.com does not exist, restart the system to enter the single-user mode.
Press and hold the Start Menu + S to enter the single-user mode during mac OS VM restart, and then enter the following command:
/Sbin/mount-wu // sbin/SystemStarterpasswd root
In this way, you can change the password of the root account by aswang.

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