Is there anyway I can get the adminstrator password? Maybe some kind
of program or something? Please Help.

Desparate, Very Desparate.

On 3/31/04 8:14 PM, in article
f8f9da5b.0403311814.4adac25e@posting.google.com, "Turd Fergason"
<jdmoney20********.com> wrote:

> Is there anyway I can get the adminstrator password? Maybe some kind
> of program or something? Please Help.
>
> Desparate, Very Desparate.


You can't retrieve it, but you can reset it.

Boot from the OS 10 CD. Under the Apple, select Reset Password.

On reboot, it will ask for a password; enter one you won't forget this time!
If it doesn't, then go into the Preferences and set one.

8^)


--
Brian Ehni

jdmoney20********.com (Turd Fergason) wrote in message news:<f8f9da5b.0403311814.4adac25e@posting.google. com>...
> Is there anyway I can get the adminstrator password? Maybe some kind
> of program or something? Please Help.
>
> Desparate, Very Desparate.

To reset the administrator password using the Mac OS X CD:


Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 CD and restart the computer.
When you hear the startup tone, hold down the C key until you see the
spinning gear.
When the Installer appears, choose Installer > Reset Password.
Follow the onscreen instructions to change the password.
Quit the Installer and restart your computer while holding down the
mouse button to eject the CD.

-- From the Help in OS X.

In a related question, how does on change the administrator's name?

Turd Fergason wrote:
> Is there anyway I can get the adminstrator password? Maybe some kind
> of program or something? Please Help.
>
> Desparate, Very Desparate.

In article <5d6ed6b4.0404010240.6899d105@posting.google.com >,
vze35xda@verizon.net (Jim Schimpf) wrote:

> jdmoney20********.com (Turd Fergason) wrote in message
> news:<f8f9da5b.0403311814.4adac25e@posting.google. com>...
> > Is there anyway I can get the adminstrator password? Maybe some kind
> > of program or something? Please Help.
> >
> > Desparate, Very Desparate.
>
> To reset the administrator password using the Mac OS X CD:
>
>
> Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 CD and restart the computer.
> When you hear the startup tone, hold down the C key until you see the
> spinning gear.
> When the Installer appears, choose Installer > Reset Password.
> Follow the onscreen instructions to change the password.
> Quit the Installer and restart your computer while holding down the
> mouse button to eject the CD.
>
> -- From the Help in OS X.

Unless, of course, the original administrator set the firmware password
and you stole his machine, in which case you is up da creek because even
booting from an install disk won't bypass a login screen, or so I'm told
by David Pogue.

John

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Allan <aabier@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> In a related question, how does on change the administrator's name?

You don't. But you can create a new user account and give it
administrator privileges.

If you like, you can then log-in to that account and revoke
administrator privs from the other account or delete that account
altogether.

-- David

Yet Another John <john.siple@VAPORIZEcomcast.net> writes:
>
> Unless, of course, the original administrator set the firmware
> password and you stole his machine, in which case you is up da creek
> because even booting from an install disk won't bypass a login
> screen, or so I'm told by David Pogue.

In which case, can't you remove the NVRAM battery and unplug the
computer for a few hours to reset everything back to the factory
defaults?

Of course, this will be a real pain in the arse on a laptop, since
this battery is deep inside, and removing the main battery by itself
isn't enough.

-- David

> > Unless, of course, the original administrator set the firmware
> > password and you stole his machine, in which case you is up da creek
> > because even booting from an install disk won't bypass a login
> > screen, or so I'm told by David Pogue.
>
> In which case, can't you remove the NVRAM battery and unplug the
> computer for a few hours to reset everything back to the factory
> defaults?

Don't know if that would work, but you can change the total amount of
RAM in the Mac, then reset PRAM three times. That is supposed to
remove password protection.

-Kurt

shamino@techie.com (David C.) wrote in message news:<m2r7ux6mbd.fsf@qqqq.invalid>...
> Allan <aabier@earthlink.net> writes:
> >
> > In a related question, how does on change the administrator's name?
>
> You don't.

If you're willing to use NetInfo Manager, root access, and the
Terminal, yes you can do this:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...11126225224115

-Kurt