On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Sep 3, 2012, at 3:31 PM, smac0031 wrote: > >> I tried it. Looks like in order to change a password on a 10.5 boot disk, >> you need a 10.5 install disk. >> Swell. Thanks, > > Is this the only account on the system or is there another admin account you > could log in as? > > If there is, log in as that account, open Terminal and do the following > > sudo passwd username > > Where 'username' is the short username of the account in question. > > This will change the login password, but it won't change the keychain > password, but the old one might work for that.
And here's a way to do it if this is the only user on the system: <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20080414140636495> The command to change the password in this hint: dscl . -passwd /Users/username password Will also work in the example I gave above, with the added advantage that this mayl also change the users keychain password. Again you'll have to do it as root by doing the command as follows: sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/username password Note the dot (aka period) in the middle of that command IS important. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
