[bangloose]

Wus up everyone! I just bought a iBook from a friend and he does not have a password. it has someone elses name and i cant do nothing. I want to wipe everythng out and start it over. i put the restore disk in and it is asking me 4 a Admin password. i dont have none of that info. I need help......... How do it over ride it?

[chefpastry]

You can start fresh by reformatting the drive and installing OS X. Boot from the installation disc. You will not be asked for a password.

[harrisjamieh]

surely if you bought it from a friend they would have the password, or else there would be no point in your friend having it as they wouldnt be abel to use it

[cmeisenzahl]

Do you have an OS X DVD you can boot from?

[chabig]

Originally Posted by bangloose

How do it over ride it?

[rjenkinson]

boot from the OS X CD or DVD and reset the password. it's under one of the menus.

-r.

[bangloose]

Thanx!

[bangloose]

Originally Posted by chefpastry

You can start fresh by reformatting the drive and installing OS X. Boot from the installation disc. You will not be asked for a password.

Can you AIM me. My screen name is bangloose

[intoxicant]

Originally Posted by bangloose 

Wus up everyone! I just bought a iBook from a friend and he does not have a password. it has someone elses name and i cant do nothing. I want to wipe everythng out and start it over. i put the restore disk in and it is asking me 4 a Admin password. i dont have none of that info. I need help......... How do it over ride it?

HOWTO: Reset a lost OS X password
I've you've forgotten your Mac's admin account password, don't worry. Assuming you haven't locked out OpenFirmware, it's a pretty simple task to change your password back to something you know.

Here's how:


Hold Apple+S when booting to enter single user mode
#sh /etc/rc
#passwd yourusername
#reboot

If you can't recall your user name, you can either look in the /Users folder (the directories are named by user), or run "niutil -list . /users".

Also, on older systems the /etc/rc script isn't available, apparently. If that second step fails, try mounting and starting the base services manually:

#/sbin/fsck -y
#/sbin/mount -uw /
#/sbin/SystemStarter
I've had to do this a couple of times for friends when they've bought a second hand machine, and once when I had a momentary brain lapse and forgot my own password. Works like a charm, though you'll loose any passwords stored in your keychain.

[chabig]

Originally Posted by bangloose 

Wus up everyone! I just bought a iBook from a friend and he does not have a password. it has someone elses name and i cant do nothing. I want to wipe everythng out and start it over. i put the restore disk in and it is asking me 4 a Admin password. i dont have none of that info. I need help......... How do it over ride it?

Just curious...are you a graduate of the Los Angeles public schools?

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[Peter]

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[applem6497]

hi-guy



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[Peter]

whatever.