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| author | joelmccracken <joelmccracken@web> | 2017-04-20 02:23:06 +0000 |
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| committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2017-04-20 02:23:06 +0000 |
| commit | 743d0a7b0fe0fae3dc3fc65307c33a2b2da82521 (patch) | |
| tree | 56f0f36fe83fa61f01e24d678c9f060b6b004989 /doc | |
| parent | 162b0d77dd607316b79dad2aa7d0e2986927746b (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Work_on_OS_X/comment_4_74b579d4d590432b6bd236ccb929cc11._comment b/doc/forum/Work_on_OS_X/comment_4_74b579d4d590432b6bd236ccb929cc11._comment new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d386c1b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Work_on_OS_X/comment_4_74b579d4d590432b6bd236ccb929cc11._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joelmccracken" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/45175015b9eb3dd3f6c740b3fe920fed" + subject="comment 4" + date="2017-04-20T02:23:06Z" + content=""" +So, it turns out that yes, root is a thing on os x... but it is complicated. I'm going to put what I learned here because I think it will be useful, at least for telling folks how to use propellor on os x. + +1. Enable the root account. Steps are here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012 +2. password-authentication as root is disabled -- if you try to `ssh root@localhost`, it wont work. you need a key pair. +3. use su/sudo to install a public key (probably at `.ssh/id_rsa.pub`) to roots authorized_keys. adapted from: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4078360?start=0&tstart=0 +4. copy the the pub file to authorized keys: `sudo cp /Users/joel/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /var/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` +5. you should now be able to `ssh root@localhost` without a password. + +I'm not super sure that this is even the best way forward, but lets get this working first, then we'll see. +"""]] |