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

Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by zelos on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @05:54AM (#15805958)

I really hope that's not true and this is just some extended blip.

That said, between this, the disk encryption bug, not being able to type "I" on an iphone you have to wonder what is going on. I recently upgrade my MacBook Pro to High Sierra and it's been plagued with problems (Weird red flash when displaying menus, hangs/crashes with external monitors etc.)

Then I look at switching away, and I lose all the OSX software I own, all the easy iOS integration, all those Pages documents etc.

Maybe I just need to build a cheap but upgradable Linux box and start trying to switch.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by rcarmo on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:12AM (#15806472)

I've been actively investigating that for over a year:

https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2016/10/29/2240

I have to use Windows for work, though (I'm at a Microsoft subsidiary, and all we get are Windows machines), and I can live OK inside WSL.

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