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		pault on Nov 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with... Apparently you have to have the password field focused before you submit. Anything in the password field (including nothing) will be saved as the root password.

_lflx on Nov 28, 2017 [–]

Does it work if you set the root password and try again?

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