Powermacg4 password reset

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kan sum one give give me help wed this . i have done al this to reset a PowerMac g4 but this is not working for me ,


Reboot the machine into single user mode (CMD+S on boot)
Mount the root file system as read/write (mount -uw /)
Edit the SUDOERS file (visudo)
Change all occurences of "(ALL) ALL" to "NOPASSWD: ALL" (Note: You'll need to know your way around the text editor vi -- check out the vi tutorial in MacOS X Command Line 101 for more. -TMO)
Save the SUDOERS file and reboot (ESC-w, ESC-q, 'reboot')
Open a terminal and execute the command 'sudo passwd root'

:| can i do ? tanks:|
 

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Umm..Use this:

#1. Reboot
#2. Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
#3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):

* mount -uw /
* rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
* shutdown -h now

After rebooting follow the prompts to create a new account, and account password.
 

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