How To Reset MacOS Root User Password

In this article, i will tell you how to reset root user’s password when your mac machine is running.

1. Reset Root User’s Password Steps.

1. Open a terminal in macOS.
2. Input command su - root, then input the root user’s password, because i forget the root user’s password, then it will prompt an error message.

   $ su - root
   Password:
   su: Sorry

3. Run command su bash in current terminal, then input current user’s password.

   $ sudo bash
   Password:
   

4. After you input current user’s password, run command sudo passwd root in terminal. Input the new password for user root twice.

   bash-3.2# sudo passwd root

5. You can confirm root user’s new password with command su - root now.