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OS X forgets password
psyjax:
Jimmy, if you want single user mode, make a root acount and set it as default.
SO the comp logs in as root each time. That will clear everything up.
If you do find a file owned by root, you can unlock it. Right click on the file, select get info. From the pulldown menu select permisions. Unlock the files, enter the password, done.
another tip. PErsonaly, multi-user was wierd at first, but I got used to it and now actually kinda like it.
bossesjoe:
quote:Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:
Jimmy, if you want single user mode, make a root acount and set it as default.
SO the comp logs in as root each time. That will clear everything up.
If you do find a file owned by root, you can unlock it. Right click on the file, select get info. From the pulldown menu select permisions. Unlock the files, enter the password, done.
another tip. PErsonaly, multi-user was wierd at first, but I got used to it and now actually kinda like it.
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This sounds retareded but can you make a root account as a login option from the login screen?
billy_gates:
osx does have a single user mode.... just hold cmd s when booting... no passwords required. But you need to have installed the bsd subsystem to have the passwd command. but yes you can boot into single user and run passwd username.... Also... to delete the files that are owned by root you do not need to enable the root user... you can do sudo rm file... and it gives u root access.
hm_murdock:
flap, excellent point. I have to agree.
re: the accounts, I think the possible pitfalls of running as root outweigh the benefits. I'll continue running a separate account and deal with the one or two wierd permissions problems that crop up every now and then. This event is just frelling WIERD.
Oh well, it's working now, and very well. Odds are I can use X for the rest of my life and never see that error again, so I'm not gonna worry about it now. It's fixed. Muchas gracias to everybody for the suggestions, and I'll remember the keys for single-user mode.
As for bossesjoe's question, yes. you can enable root via NetInfo Manager and he shows up as "System Administrator" I think. You can also have an "Other User" button, which lets you log into root if he's turned on.
Hey, just think, if I'd had a problem like this with Windows, all my shit would be GONE GONE GONE!
so, I'm all fine now. I've stopped hyperventilating and I didn't break the cat in half so we're all safe again
[ September 10, 2003: Message edited by: Jimmy James is COOL ]
suselinux:
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy James is COOL:
here it is. I knew it would happen some time. the inevitable had to occur. being UNIX-based, a password issue WOULD HAVE TO COME UP.
good thing there's that "reset password" utility, right? WRONG
I use it, change the password, restart, give it the password, and oops... it's wrong. WHAT??!? how can the password I just gave you be WRONG?
FW disk mode, here I come. time to back shit up and ERASE THE FARKING HD
UNIX is nice, but goddamned passwords and permissions suck ass. why can't OS X have a "single user" mode that turns it all off? I'm the only person that uses it, multi-user is just a bother and it's bloat anyway.
now the muti-user aspect has turned into a multi-gigabyte backup nightmare.
thanks UNIX
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Mandrake has an option to have no "root" Passwrd/user
Mandrake 9.1 PPC
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