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I recently upgraded OS X, and upon finishing the installation, my old Admin account is now Standard! How can I log in as root, or change my standard account to administrator?
Mac mini 1.25/512/40
iBook 600/384/20/
iMac 233/288/4/
Type "sudo -s" in Terminal. Type your password. If, by chance, this works, you can reset the root password then use the root password to change the users in System Preferences.
I ended up having to reset the root password with the OS X install CD, and then I was able to use root as an "admin" account to modify the user accounts. Close call
Mac mini 1.25/512/40
iBook 600/384/20/
iMac 233/288/4/
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