> hi again, > > sorry for asking without experimenting first. and doubly so for replying > to my own message. > > for the archives' sake, just wanted to say: i just blew away the nvram > > echo blah > /dev/sdC0/nvram > > then rebooted the system; respecified auth information when prompted. > > then used auth/changeuser to reset passwords for bootes and myself > > i'd hate to do it for hundreds of users but it did the trick for me. > > best, > > -sean >
You should only have to do this when you change the bootes password; it is Bad News when the nvram password doesn't match the bootes password. No need to do it if you change a different user's password. John
