KeithA
01-10-2006 15:42:15
A few months ago, my girlfriend's cousin gave her an iBook G4 laptop. It had been given to him by his employer at the time, but he had 2 other laptops to spare.
Unfortunately, because it was a company-owned laptop, it's protected by an Admin password. My girlfriend, therefore, can't install a damned thing on it.
Is there any way to reset, disable, or otherwise bypass the Admin password?
KeithA
01-10-2006 16:04:21
[quote906460f64a="DIABLO"]Drop it off of a roof[/quote906460f64a]
lol trying that now!!!
[quote79274e9e3b="KeithA"][quote79274e9e3b="DIABLO"]Drop it off of a roof[/quote79274e9e3b]
lol trying that now!!![/quote79274e9e3b]
lol +KMA
tjwor
01-10-2006 16:49:29
i know how to bypass it and make any user the admin, but I have to find it... (did it on my school imac last year)
tjwor
01-10-2006 17:58:36
OK, start into singleuser mode by holding command-s at startup. When the prompt appears, do this
[code1961b3ef55d]# /sbin/fsck -y
# /sbin/mount -uw /
# nicl -v -raw /private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -append /groups/admin users (your short username)[/code1961b3ef55d]
the #s just mean "type this and press return," don't actually type them.
KeithA
01-10-2006 18:01:21
[quote91e0e948da="tjwor"]OK, start into singleuser mode by holding command-s at startup. When the prompt appears, do this
[code191e0e948da]# /sbin/fsck -y
# /sbin/mount -uw /
# nicl -v -raw /private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -append /groups/admin users happystudent[/code191e0e948da][/quote91e0e948da]
Will try this and let you know how it goes.
Thanks!
Tsmith10803
01-10-2006 20:59:05
[quote76ab6ade37="KeithA"][quote76ab6ade37="DIABLO"]Drop it off of a roof[/quote76ab6ade37]
lol trying that now!!![/quote76ab6ade37]
no expert but...I wouldn't do that
freaky1718
01-10-2006 21:57:37
umm ill buy it i just want to stare at it so there will be no need for a password lol
megotcash
01-10-2006 23:16:55
umm, i know the way tjwor told you will work, but that is actually only going to create the current account you have to be an admin account. it isn't reversible (or re-doable), and messing it up could mean messing up your os. i would recommend going this route -->
do the same thing by holding command+s at startup. a black screen will appear where you can type this stuff in.
[quoteaa92e50394="code"]
/sbin/fsck -y
/sbin/mount -uw /
mount -uaw
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot[/quoteaa92e50394]
Now, is what this will do is actually tell your computer that you just started it for the first time. it will give you the ability to set up a new account, and you will have ALL admin privledges.
i would recommend naming your new account "admin2" with the password "admin2". then, when you are in the new account, go to the system preferences, and edit the "security" option under your currnet account to "give admin privledges". either that, or just create a new account and basically have a new computer. either way, it is safer, and will give you complete control over your ibook.
good luck!