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Mac Forum / General / General / January 2006Lost User Password for iMAC
One of my client lost his user login password. But, I know the Administrator (root) password. How can I login to the system using the Administrator login account when the "Administrator" is not listed on the login screen? For example, in Windows XP, I can press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and a login screen will popup where I can login to the system using the Administrator username and password. > One of my client lost his user login password. But, I know the > Administrator [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > where I can login to the system using the Administrator username and > password. Hello, this might help you: Reboot while holding down command and S. This will boot up OS X with a Unix screen, and welcome to single user mode! From there, it should be fairly easy to tweak things. Take a look, if need be, at http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/single-user.html and http://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php HTH  Signaturethe alt.privacy.spyware FAQ: http://shplink.com/misc/FAQ.htm Just boot the Mac off of an Operating Disk Install CD / DVD or "Apple "Restore" disk. After booting - do not install anything. Instead ~ find the menus on the top of your screen display. You will easily select a utility that permits you to change the administrative password on the Mac. I think that it has the perfunctory name "Change Password" or "Password Utility" depending on the disk in question. > One of my client lost his user login password. But, I know the > Administrator > (root) password. How can I login to the system using the Administrator > login account when the "Administrator" is not listed on the login > screen? You should be able to "Go Back" to a log-in window that just displays fields for name and password entry instead of the usual user-icon menu. (Note that there's a big difference in privileges between an Administrator account and root: the former is more like a Windows "power user".) SignatureOdysseus |
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