Re: Admin password and name
How does one delete the login keychain? On Nov 9, 7:20 pm, Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 9, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Norman Rowe wrote: First off I have never had linux. I have OS 10.5.5 on 2 HD drives. The backup seems to be fine. The main one keeps asking for an admisitrator name and password, does not like any I have tried. The backup system pref is set to admin but the main is set to standard. I have tried to change that but does not work. Should use Disk Utility to restore from the back up, time mchine to go back to last one in July or just erase and reinstall? None of the above. Boot your 10.5 Leopard DVD and from the Utilities menu select Reset Password and then select the correct HD and reset the password. This will reset the admin user password for everything except the login keychain. You'll need to know the old password to reset the login keychain, and if you don't know it, simply delete the entire login keychain and the new one will use the new password you just set using the DVD. If you don't have the installation DVD, you can try this instead: http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Admin password and name
On Nov 10, 2008, at 2:47 PM, norm46 wrote: How does one delete the login keychain? Open the application Keychain Access in your Utilities folder. In the lefthand column highlight the keychain called Login and Control- click or right-click on it to get the contextual drop down menu and select delete keychain login. In case you're nervous that this is the correct action, here's the Apple KBA on this subject: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631 Good luck! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Admin password and name
On Nov 9, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Norman Rowe wrote: First off I have never had linux. I have OS 10.5.5 on 2 HD drives. The backup seems to be fine. The main one keeps asking for an admisitrator name and password, does not like any I have tried. The backup system pref is set to admin but the main is set to standard. I have tried to change that but does not work. Should use Disk Utility to restore from the back up, time mchine to go back to last one in July or just erase and reinstall? None of the above. Boot your 10.5 Leopard DVD and from the Utilities menu select Reset Password and then select the correct HD and reset the password. This will reset the admin user password for everything except the login keychain. You'll need to know the old password to reset the login keychain, and if you don't know it, simply delete the entire login keychain and the new one will use the new password you just set using the DVD. If you don't have the installation DVD, you can try this instead: http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Admin password and name
First off I have never had linux. I have OS 10.5.5 on 2 HD drives. The backup seems to be fine. The main one keeps asking for an admisitrator name and password, does not like any I have tried. The backup system pref is set to admin but the main is set to standard. I have tried to change that but does not work. Should use dick utility to restore from the back up, time mchine to go back to last one in July or just erase and reinstall? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
