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		ryannielsen on Sept 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cracking OSX Lion passwords By default, Mac OS X disables the root user: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528 That said, reset or crack any admin's password and you can go to town with sudo.

hmottestad on Sept 22, 2011 [–]

Default user can use sudo with it's password. That's all you really need.

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