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When I try disable my root user using Directory Utility/Terminal it doesn't disable. When I enter:

dsenableroot -d

it just returns "Failed to disable root user".

Not sure what on earth is going on, can't log into the user either.

jaume
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willthompson
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  • How did you enable root. By default it is not enabled/ – mmmmmm Mar 04 '22 at 07:48
  • Are you sure it is actually enabled? https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/232491/how-to-test-if-root-user-is-enabled-in-mac – benwiggy Mar 04 '22 at 09:15
  • Yeah it’s enabled, when I run the command in terminal to enable it it fails also… so yeah – willthompson Mar 05 '22 at 08:16
  • FWIW, my M1 returns "successfully disabled root user" when I run the command. Can you think of anything that you might have done to affect anything like this? E.g. Did you restore a cloned disk image of the disk? Have you tried running the command from Recovery? – benwiggy Mar 05 '22 at 13:05

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sudo dsenableroot -d worked for me, asking for the root password one last time after the sudo authentication.

dsenableroot:: ***Successfully disabled root user.

cachius
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