OSX Root Shell by Pressing CTRL-C
November 17th, 2003
OSX versions up to 10.2.7 seem to have ‘internal development feature’ of giving you the root shell by pressing holding down CTRL-C immediatly after reboot. Handy if you have lost you root password. Disaster if you are after some kind of security.
... This was originally reported to Apple in 1998, and I was informed that this was an ‘internal development feature’ that would be removed. Three years later I reported this ‘internal development feature’ again, and received no reply at all. ...
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