On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 03:23:23PM -0700, Jim Dynes wrote: > > On Apr 17, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Tim Stephens wrote: > > >>http://www.themacobserver.com/tip/2003/06/16.1.shtml > Jim did the following: > > 1. Boot into single user mode. > 2. mount -uw / > 3. Systemstarter > 3. passwd user > > Then it just went to the root prompt. >
Jim, List Apologies for replying to my own email: I just re-read my reply and realised where I think you are going wrong. To set the password in netinfo, you have to be running the netinfo management application. (In the macobserver page, they achieve this by running: niutil -list . /users . For you (if you know the name of the user that you want to mdify, I think that you can just use 'nicl .'at the root prompt. (I'm not infront of a Mac at the moment, so can't check) Then, type 'list /Users' if you want to see which users you have available, and 'passwd user' to modify their password. > Then I tried it from the terminal app. > > 1. opened terminal > 2. su > 3. password > 4. mount -uw / > 5. Systemstarter > 6. passwd user > > Then I could change the password, but I had to be in super user for it > to work and you have to have your old password to do it. > This is not the way to go about it. If you are in terminal (i.e. booted, you don't need to do the mount and systemstarter steps because they are accomplished by booting the system. If you followed the steps in my previous email (apologies again :-), you can prefix 'passwd user' with the command 'sudo' thus: 'sudo passwd user'. You will be prompted for a password (which is that belonging to the account whose privs you elevated) and should be able to change the password. Cheers, Tim (who promises not to be so trigger happy with his next reply) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
