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<blockquote data-quote="djames42" data-source="post: 523103" data-attributes="member: 13241"><p>Oops... I should have asked (and I should have assumed since you said you were new to the Mac). Yes, Leopard has removed the Netinfo Manager tool. I'm still running Tiger, but there was some discussion on the Omni Mac-Talk mailing list about command-line tools for performing user administration tasks.</p><p></p><p>Doing a bit of googling though, I see something under Utilities called <em>Directory Utility</em> that seems to have some of the same options:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I also found another link <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=375901" target="_blank">here</a>. This one involves a number of steps using the Terminal (also under Utilities) and may be intimidating if you've never used a Unix shell before, but frankly you've not go much to lose. If you can't recover an administrative account, you'll not be able to install applications or upgrade your existing ones (nor will you be able to install any of the 10.5 upgrades).</p><p></p><p>Also, if you read the first post in the link above, it suggest that booting from the install media may allow you to recover. You should probably try this first. I'm not sure of the exact steps you would use, 'cause I've never had to do this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djames42, post: 523103, member: 13241"] Oops... I should have asked (and I should have assumed since you said you were new to the Mac). Yes, Leopard has removed the Netinfo Manager tool. I'm still running Tiger, but there was some discussion on the Omni Mac-Talk mailing list about command-line tools for performing user administration tasks. Doing a bit of googling though, I see something under Utilities called [I]Directory Utility[/I] that seems to have some of the same options: I also found another link [URL="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=375901"]here[/URL]. This one involves a number of steps using the Terminal (also under Utilities) and may be intimidating if you've never used a Unix shell before, but frankly you've not go much to lose. If you can't recover an administrative account, you'll not be able to install applications or upgrade your existing ones (nor will you be able to install any of the 10.5 upgrades). Also, if you read the first post in the link above, it suggest that booting from the install media may allow you to recover. You should probably try this first. I'm not sure of the exact steps you would use, 'cause I've never had to do this. [/QUOTE]
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