Directory Utility?

[wesleyh]

Hello,

I need to enable the root account but cannot find the "directory utility" that is supposed to be in the utilities folder..

My mac is set to dutch and the dutch translation of the online docs has not yet been updated for 10.5.. Can anyone show me a screenshot of this app if it is even available? I've opened all apps in the utlities folder and can't find it..

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290

[cjstitchman]

I seem to have the same problem. Can't find 'Directory Utility' app on my mac anywhere.

I found another way though. In your utilities folder there should be an app called 'Netinfo Manager'. Open this and click the padlock so you are able to make changes. Then in its menu bar go to Security/Enable Root User. I think this is what your looking for.

Christopher

[Nugget]

Before you go too far down that road, are you absolutely certain you need to enable the root user? 99.99999% of the time (scientifically proven!) you're just as well-off by using sudo to obtain root access without the added complexity of enabling the root account. (ref)

[plinden]

Granted, you shouldn't be enabling the root account unless you really have to (and I haven't had to - although I have done it before just for the hell of it) ... but this is very odd.

The Leopard docs do indeed say to use the Directory Utility. I have Directory Utility but it is nothing to do with root accounts - it's for setting up directory servers. In Tiger, you used Netinfo Manager to enable the root account, but this isn't to be present in Leopard.

This seems to be an erratum in the docs.

Edit: I'm dumb ... the option is present in Directory Utility ... I wonder why Apple moved it there. Anyway, the question now is, why don't you have this in your Utilities? I don't know ...

[pieterbezuijen]

I hope you already found it, but for other users trying to find it (like me)...

In Dutch Directory Utility is called: Adreslijsthulpprogramma.

I agree with the others that most of the times root is not needed, but in my case it is (need to change the hosts file for testing purposes).

[larkost]

Originally Posted by pieterbezuijen

I agree with the others that most of the times root is not needed, but in my case it is (need to change the hosts file for testing purposes).

No, you don't need to enable root to change that. You just need to use the command line like this:

sudo pico /etc/hosts

The rest of it is really easy, and will walk you through itself.

[lopezfmr]

Originally Posted by wesleyh

Hello,

I need to enable the root account but cannot find the "directory utility" that is supposed to be in the utilities folder..

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290

In Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) the directory utility is in:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Directory Utility.app

you can access through System Preferences / Accounts
or through the terminal with:

open /System/Library/CoreServices/Directory\ Utility.app/

....
Hope it help...

[Solidsnakeeater]

Originally Posted by cjstitchman

I seem to have the same problem. Can't find 'Directory Utility' app on my mac anywhere.

I found another way though. In your utilities folder there should be an app called 'Netinfo Manager'. Open this and click the padlock so you are able to make changes. Then in its menu bar go to Security/Enable Root User. I think this is what your looking for.

Christopher

I don't find the utilities folder anywhere!

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Originally Posted by Solidsnakeeater

I don't find the utilities folder anywhere!

I'm using a macbook

[patrissimo]

Was having same problem here. OS X 10.7.4.

Turns out these files are "invisible" - I can see them from Terminal, but not from finder. You can change the finder to see hidden files with this command line command:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

from: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008...den-files.html

[4MyOwnSake]

Originally Posted by Solidsnakeeater

I don't find the utilities folder anywhere!

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I'm using a macbook

As it was told, you can find it either in coreservice folder or application > Utility