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[Solved] MacOS X -Mimic "su" in a shell

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Topic starter June 4, 2014 3:51 AM

Unix/Linux users are familiar with the "su" (substitute user, which defaults to "root"), which does not seem to work under MacOS X.

With a simple trick however, you can mimic this. Type the following and press ENTER:

sudo -s

A password will be asked an a new shell (Bash) will open in root mode ...

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