Resetting OS-X administrator password

Post #179,747 by deSitter 10/18/04 1:26:45 PM Reply	Resetting OS-X administrator password There's a nice Mac G4 here in the lab I'm free to use if I can get into it. The admin password is unknown. How to circumvent? -drl
Post #179,751 by pwhysall 10/18/04 1:29:20 PM Reply	There isn't one. It's a sudo-based system. If you really want the root password, sudo su and change it. Of course, you'll need an administrative account to do this. (If there's only one account on the box, it'll be administrative, afaik) Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home]
Post #179,756 by deSitter 10/18/04 1:41:20 PM Reply	Re: There isn't one. The machine is sitting in the lab, an orphan. No one knows any passwords for anything. -drl
Post #179,758 by pwhysall 10/18/04 1:45:34 PM Reply	Ah. OK. Read this: [link\|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459\|http://docs.info.app...html?artnum=75459] then proceed with usual root password recovery steps. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home]
Post #179,823 by danreck 10/18/04 5:52:14 PM Reply	Re: Resetting OS-X administrator password Boot from the Panther (or other cat) CD and in the install there is an option to change password. Change to an admin account at that point. If you're already there, go to the Utilities folder and open NetInfo Manager... Go to the security menu and authenticate (as admin) and then you can either change the root password or disable root account... Grab that G4! Just a few thoughts, Danno
Post #179,843 by daemon 10/18/04 6:35:59 PM Reply	put debian on it :-) or danreck has the solution

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