ultrasoul Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hey guys, I knew i should have but I forgot to repair permissions via the terminal before the reboot after installing the 10.4.8 Jas SSE2 only. Tried if after the reboot but no go as it keeps coming back as invalid password?! Anyone know how to help a fellow guy one? Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37472-help-how-to-repair-permissions-after-1048-installation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Try booting with the install DVD (SSE2 obviously) and running the commands from there. Your system Volume will be in /Volumes/ <OSX Volume Name Here> Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37472-help-how-to-repair-permissions-after-1048-installation/#findComment-266788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrasoul Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 I booted using the DVD and ran Disk utility and repaired permissions. Everything looks fine there but when I reboot, I still have no permission to open Disk utility in OS X, use any sudo commands as it still says I have the wrong password! Any help appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37472-help-how-to-repair-permissions-after-1048-installation/#findComment-267888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Are you sure you even have a password? and when you type in a password it doesn't show up if you do it via terminal Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37472-help-how-to-repair-permissions-after-1048-installation/#findComment-267896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrasoul Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 (edited) Yes I do. Even if i leave it blank nothing will work. Here's the whole story. Big thank you to the person who can help me I have been away to uni for some time now and was back recently and updated my 10.4.7 machine to 10.4.8 using Jas' SSE2 Combo package from Demoniod. It seems like I was in a rush or just plain forgetful but I just installed the package without using Pacifist or backing up the kexts and kernel, or even reparing permissions right after the install. Now, I'm plagued with several issues- like being unable to open certain programs (like Disutility), unable to mount images, and even use the sudo repair permissions from the terminal because my password keeps getting rejected. I took BikeDude's advice to repair premissions via the boot disk and have done so but this hasn't changed a bit. Edited January 4, 2007 by ultrasoul Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37472-help-how-to-repair-permissions-after-1048-installation/#findComment-267897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrasoul Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 Finally solved it by running password manager to change the root password. Everything fixed Although I'm still having problems with any video playback with Quicktime 7.1.3 and iTunes ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37472-help-how-to-repair-permissions-after-1048-installation/#findComment-267906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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