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Root access in OS X Leopard

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by lopdog, Oct 18, 2009.

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  1. lopdog Newcomer, in training

    Hi!

    I'm new to OSX Leopard, and I'm not sure how to run a program with root privilege. This is a command I've been told to run in terminal, but how do I run it with root privileges?

    Code:
    vi /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext/Contents/Info.plist
    I want to edit and save the Info.plist file, can anyone help me with this?

    Thanks
  2. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Have you tried it with using sudo first?
  3. lopdog Newcomer, in training

    OK, thanks. It didn't seem to work at first, maybe because my account didn't have a password. After adding a password it worked.
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