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Chapter 4 –

Configuring System Settings

3. Click on the root item in the users column. The root user’s properties and

any associated values will appear in the bottom panel of the window (Figure

19).

Figure 19: NetInfo Manager

4. Click on the lock in the lower left corner of the NetInfo Manager window.

Type an administrator's short name and password into the authentication

dialog that appears and click the OK button.

5. If the property authentication_authority is listed in the bottom list in the

window, click on it to highlight that property.

6. Go to the top of the NetInfo Manager window and click the Delete icon to

remove that property and value.

7. Double click on the value associated with the passwd property located in that

bottom property list, and the value should become highlighted for editing.

This value will be a single asterisk if the root password has never been set, and

either a string of asterisks or a password hash if a password has been set for

root. (Which of these appear as the value for passwd depends upon how the

root account was enabled.)

8. Type a single asterisk (“*”), replacing the current value of the passwd

property.