macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password

Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by manmal on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:41AM (#15805912)

The higher the poster's karma, the higher her comment will be upon posting. This user has almost 6k karma, so it can rise high. Once the comment is at the top for a minute or so, it can stay there if enough people keep upvoting it.

Try it and post a top level comment now. I'm pretty sure it won't be at the top initially because you don't have enough karma for that.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by Dangeranger on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:48AM (#15806693)

I have also seen new comments spring to the top of the conversation, but always assumed they were selected randomly, as some of them were from posters who were fairly new or had a low karma count.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by manmal on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:22PM (#15809345)

I guess this happens if the other posters are of low karma, or if the other comments are quite old.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by dep_b on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @06:57AM (#15806150)

Ah thanks, now it makes sense. I always wondered why sometimes my comments went straight to the top. I've lost too much productivity here, clearly! ;)

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by manmal on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:23PM (#15809355)

Yeah I only know because I‘ve watched my posts gain better positions when I hit 1k karma (iirc).

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