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dsenableroot

  • You cannot disable a root account if no other account has a secure token enabled(sysadminctl -secureTokenStatus <user>)
# Enable root account and set a password for it
dsenableroot # for the "root" user

# Enable root for an arbitrary user
dsenableroot -u "john" # for the "john" user

# Disable root account
dsenableroot -d # disable root user
dsenableroot -d -u "john" # disable root from a user