yeti_c Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi there, I'm using VMWare 6.5... I managed to install Mac OSX using the JAS installer and this topic... http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=102064 Which worked brilliantly... However - I'm attempting to get the iPhone SDK working - so I downloaded the iDenab 10.5.5.iso file... And with that I have installed upto 10.5.5 All is good and all is working - however... I cannot install the iPhone SDK because my "mac" asks for administrator username and password. My user that I have created is only a "standard" user - and I didn't set any password for an admin user anywhere (I've never used a mac before - so missed this step) Can anyone provide me with the "standard" admin username and passwords that are made if you don't set them? I found this link... http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_rese...t_password.html However - When I try to "reinstall" my OS - it asks for my admin username and password (Catch 22) Please help!!! C. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidx@mac Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 boot ur mac in single mode, set the root password, reboot. if u wasnt sure what was i talking about, here is the longer version of it press F8 on upon mac startup write "-v -s" flags (without quotes, then Enter) (this will boot ur mac in single mode, same like linux single mode) after u're dropped to the shell prompt, write these commands /sbin/mount -uw / <enter> /sbin/fsck -fy <enter> passwd root <enter> (yes it is passwd) (enter password for root when prompted)<enter> reboot <enter> ----------------- after the reboot, use root account to change ur account type in System Preferences>Accounts. u can also set ur account password using root account within terminal (Applications>Utilities>Terminal), & issue this commands: su root <enter> (yes, su root, not sudo su) (enter root password when prompted) <enter> passwd [ur_username] <enter> (enter new password for user) <enter> exit <enter> and ur good to go are u sure that ur account is a Standard User? usually the 1st user that are created during mac installation is an Administrator (unless u skip this account creation setup for whatever reason). look inside System Preferences>Accounts and see what privilege ur account has. if it is indeed and Administrator account, u can try to create ur password using terminal without having to go to single mode. if it fails, do the above steps. good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-980599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti_c Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 Wow - thanks for the immense reply - will try that forthwith... In regards to your question... The user was an admin - when I was on 10.5.2 - but after the upgrade to 10.5.5 it reverted to standard (not sure why!) Cheers once again... attempting now... will report back later. C. Success - the command line stuff worked a treat - It still wouldn't let me make my user an admin - however - I'm not too fussed - as I now know the Root password - I can do whatever I want without that too!! Thanks once again for all of your help... C. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-980800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidx@mac Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 glad to hear that it worked, for safety precaution however, it is not advisable to use root account for daily administration. u can either create a new account with account admin privilege, or add ur standard user account to sudoer list manually. btw if u missed seeing it, there is 1 super tiny option in account setting called "Allow user to administer this computer". thats what make a different between standard and admin accounts. later Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-981054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti_c Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 btw if u missed seeing it, there is 1 super tiny option in account setting called "Allow user to administer this computer". thats what make a different between standard and admin accounts Yeah - but it's greyed out for my user - because I'm logged in as the user that's standard?? Should I uncheck the "auto login" feature - so it prompts me for a password? - is there a way of logging out without shutting down (remember I'm a complete Mac noob!) C. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-984316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti_c Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 It's OK - I've found it - I simply logged off and then logged back in as root - made me an admin - then logged out again. Job done... now I just need to work out how to change my resolution from stupidly big to laptop sized!!! C. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-984455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidx@mac Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 It's OK - I've found it - I simply logged off and then logged back in as root - made me an admin - then logged out again. Job done... now I just need to work out how to change my resolution from stupidly big to laptop sized!!! C. happy to hear u've sorted it out for the video, u need to find the driver for ur video card, or try this when booting, press F8, in the flags option prompt write this: "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" <enter> (change the resolution values to ur desire 1) that will force ur screen to use the resolution provided in vesa mode. if it work, then edit the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.Apple.Boot.plist to add the line in ur flags string value so it will be done automatically every time u boot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-984798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curiousity Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I couldn't change admin password by using this recommendation. I'm currently successfully install iATKOS v7 on my Lenovo G450. However, I couldn't change the password in SYSTEM PREFERENCE and also the COMMAND PROMPT The last view lines in the COMMAND PROMPT are: disk1s3: device is write locked. 0 [level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [ErrTye IO] [ErrNo 13] [iOType Write] [PBlkNum 1296786] [LBlkNum0] [FSLogMsgID 2114367634] [FSLogMsgOrder First] 0 [level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [DevNode /dev/disk1s3] [MountPt /] [Path /private/var/log/fsck_hfs.log] [FSLogMsgID 2114367634] [FSLogMsgOrder Last] When I type: passwd root It returns passwd: command not found Then I just simply type: reboot Then it reboot. Any other ideas? It is written that the drive is WRITE PROTECTED. Is it the problem? I can't install kext or other applications without the administrator password. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-1360744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irrinccet Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Try to reset the password on the ADS for administrator and one of the users you are testing with and logon from the NAS XSR SMB server again. Can you add a new user in the ADS with access rights to the shares and does this show up on the NAS server. If it does go to that system where the user resides and try to logon. Check the Account Policies and Kerberos Policy because changing to PDC to ADS now uses Kerberos. Check to see if there is any possible deviation of the FQDN that happened recently with this change. Also was there any changes in Windows to the NAS storage with "computer_name" on the share change in the ACL rights in the Windows Server? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/138491-administrator-user-1055-idenab/#findComment-1361799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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