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***Warning*** do not use this method if you are using Filevault home directory protection!!!Changing your password from the command line will render your home directory completely inaccessible, probably permanently."
I found this on tuaw web forums, but they got it from lifehacker.
This resolved my passwd issue right away. I forgot the admin passwd.
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The following is (via tuaw)(via lifehacker)
We've all done this.* It's time to install something or run Software Update, but first we've got to enter our password. What was it again? Oops.
You could use your cd to reset your password, but if you don't have it, try this tip from Hackszine. Restart your machine while holding down the Command Key (or "Apple Key") and the "S" key. This will start your Mac up in "Single User Mode."
Now it's command line time.** Don't worry, it's just three lines:
#sh /etc/rc
#passwd (yourusername)
#reboot
Ta-dah! You may return to what you were originally doing. Just write that new password down first.
*Well, not us, but, you know...our "friend."
I found this on tuaw web forums, but they got it from lifehacker.
This resolved my passwd issue right away. I forgot the admin passwd.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following is (via tuaw)(via lifehacker)
We've all done this.* It's time to install something or run Software Update, but first we've got to enter our password. What was it again? Oops.
You could use your cd to reset your password, but if you don't have it, try this tip from Hackszine. Restart your machine while holding down the Command Key (or "Apple Key") and the "S" key. This will start your Mac up in "Single User Mode."
Now it's command line time.** Don't worry, it's just three lines:
#sh /etc/rc
#passwd (yourusername)
#reboot
Ta-dah! You may return to what you were originally doing. Just write that new password down first.
*Well, not us, but, you know...our "friend."
