Sorry for tardy reply. Should enable to do anything that can be done under X (not OS 9). Cheers! -jacques.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 09:09 PM, Gerald E. Uhlan wrote: > On 1/7/03 9:39 PM, "Jacques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> See 3 ways to enable root password >> >> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010324095804436 >> >> If that's what needed. >> The root user always enabled just do a 'ps aux'. The usual (and >> safest) >> way around not having the root password is to use sudo. >> >> % sudo <command> >> password: >> >> example: >> >> jax% sudo find / -name "pthread*" -print >> Password: >> >> this should get you anywhere you want to go. The password you are >> being >> prompted for >> is your own and this authentication enables you to do anything as >> root. >> >> hope that helps. >> >> -jacques. > > Hmm. Would I be able to use this to change the "Owner" of the iMac? I > received this hard drive with Jaguar already on it, and the previous > owner > had set it up as "no one's" computer. I didn't have the Jag disks at > the > time, and of course I wanted to start using Jaguar right away. I had > to use > the 10.1 CD to reset the password so I could create a new user > (myself) and > delete the previous user. That was a couple of weeks ago, and now I > have > the Jaguar install disks, but I really don't want to do a complete > reinstall > from scratch - it would take several days to get everything > reinstalled! So > is there a way to go in there and change the owner without > reinstalling? > > Gerry > > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --- /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ /_/ Jacques Brierre [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. /_/ /_/ See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html /_/ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
