I would like to retrieve the root password for this machine running OS X 10.7.5. I do not want to reset the password, but actually get the password itself. I am on a Admin account and have access to Single User Mode. How would I go about doing this?
I would ask a similar question -
Why do you need access to the root user, but don't want to change the password to do that?
Yes, the root account has been enabled. I've tried using DaveGrohl to get the hash, but I get a Did Not Understand ShadowHashData error. Have any ideas?Have you enabled the root user? By default access to the root user account is disabled and only allowed once a password has been created for the account. Why do you want to access or recover the root user account?
The computer is already fixed.Let your school repair it and set it back to what it is supposed to be like.
The computer is already fixed.
No, he was talking about another issue I had with the computer. The root password is still a problem.So, "fixed" also means the root password is sorted out?
Yes that is fixed, I can boot up into the OS and login to my admin account. I can also use a boot argument in terminal to boot into Single User Mode if necessary.I saw your other thread about not being able to set the boot drive for startup, so you can't boot to the internal drive.
You said that there is a firmware password - which will prevent you from booting to anything else.
Is that fixed now, so you can boot to the hard drive?
If that's still the issue, I wonder why you think the root password will help you...