I had an unusual incident yesterday morning with my Imac. I am using Mac OS 10.4. The system would not accept my password. I attempted several times, typing the password carefully each time. When I did so, the log in screen shook as if it didn't recognize the password. I attempted once to log in as a guest, which is a separate account, but the system would not accept its password either. I was momentarily terrified because in three years of daily use, my Mac had never done this before. It was acting as if there were a virus inside the system. In a somewhat desperate attempt to remedy the problem, I did what every PC user would do: I restarted the computer. The password works fine at this point and I have not noticed any glitches in the operations since then.
I will volunteer one additional piece of information which may not be relevant. I have a boarder in my house who uses this system. I set up a "guest" account for him that does not have administrative powers. One theory I have is that he was trying to guess my administrative password. I really don't want to confront the guy if I'm wrong, but I don't want him trying to guess my password either. Unless I am absolutely certain, I am not going to confront him. Is there a maximum number of attempts at logging in? What is that number and what happens if you exceed that number?
Thanks in advance,
Keefe
I will volunteer one additional piece of information which may not be relevant. I have a boarder in my house who uses this system. I set up a "guest" account for him that does not have administrative powers. One theory I have is that he was trying to guess my administrative password. I really don't want to confront the guy if I'm wrong, but I don't want him trying to guess my password either. Unless I am absolutely certain, I am not going to confront him. Is there a maximum number of attempts at logging in? What is that number and what happens if you exceed that number?
Thanks in advance,
Keefe