How to become the root user via Terminal on macOS?

There are two ways of becoming the root user on the macOS terminal. ## Option 1 Run the following commands on the Terminal. ``` macOS:/Users/eryu% whoami analysisman macOS:/Users/eryu% sudo -i Password: macOS:~ root# whoami root macOS:~ root# exit logout ``` ## Option 2 Run the following commands on the Terminal. ``` macOS:/Users/eryu% whoami eryu macOS:/Users/eryu% sudo su Password: %m:%d%% whoami root %m:%d%% exit exit ``` ## References https://superuser.com/questions/592323/how-do-i-become-root-on-mac-os-x ## Links [[_Index_2_IT]]