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Maybe something like this was added to make debugging/testing of the OS easier? maybe they just forgot to remove it before shipping the new macOS
by zach43 9y ago
Maybe something like this was added to make debugging/testing of the OS easier? maybe they just forgot to remove it before shipping the new macOS
- mk89 9y agoThat could be the case - I can't find any other possible logical explanation, because it doesn't make any sense.
- princekolt 9y agoThat seems the only probable cause I've come across so far. It doesn't seem to be a backdoor because it would be more of a back-spillway-gate.
- fattire 9y agoApparently it is not just enabling root, but setting the password the first time you do it (in other words, the blank value has nothing to do with it). Then the subsequent times it'll use the pw you set the first time.