README.md: change sed command to bypass update passwd dialog #1
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If the root user has a passwd update pending, changing only the 'auth sufficient' line will bypass the initial verification, but the user will be trapped by the update passwd dialog, which asks for the old one. To avoid this, overwriting the 'password required' line is necessary, so the passwd update dialog is also bypassed.
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Thank you so much for your contribution! On a stock macOS installation, the root user doesn't even have a password, so I'm not sure if anyone would run into this in practice. |
osmanjan12
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If the root user has a passwd update pending, changing only the 'auth sufficient' line will bypass the initial verification, but the user will be trapped by the update passwd dialog, which asks for the old one. To avoid this, overwriting the 'password required' line is also necessary, so the passwd update dialog is bypassed too.