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Get Root on 10.5.4 - It's Not Exactly Difficult
rixstep.com — There's a wide open door on Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard - yes, the latest update. It goes way back to Tiger at least. And it's child's play to 'root' a Mac OS X box. No hacking required! This is deadly serious. It's yet another gaping design flaw.
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- Kugo, on 07/02/2008, -2/+4Apple: clowns.
- Fairly, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Anything that belongs to root has to be in /System. I don't understand why they don't grasp this. Who knows how many boxes have been rooted over the years. Yikes.
- RomgRim, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3They should have /System/Library/Preferences. Nobody but root can get into /System/Library.
- Fairly, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Anything that belongs to root has to be in /System. I don't understand why they don't grasp this. Who knows how many boxes have been rooted over the years. Yikes.
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