# Change ROOT password on MAC OSX

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-password-on-mac-osx/26534>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 22, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-password-on-mac-osx/26534 "2018-01-22T22:08:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nirav\_Doshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nirav\_Doshi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nirav_Doshi)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-password-on-mac-osx/26534/1 "2018-01-22T22:08:22Z")

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I am trying to change the ‘root’ user password on a mac osx system. I am not sure if the users module can handle changing the password for the root user. Could someone please shed some light on the topic. Thank you.