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$$'s in admin passwords...flaw?
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Hi guys, bit of a noob here with a strange problem. I went through 3 computers and added $$'s to the admin password. When I was done I tried to log into it and it kept saying my password was wrong, when I knew it was right! All of them did the same thing. I was still logged into one and tested it by creating an account with just $$'s as a password and tried logging in with it and again it would say my password was wrong! Made one with plain text and it worked perfectly.
Anyone seen something like this? I know one system is running 10.3.9 but not so sure about the others. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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I don't think the OS likes having non alphabetic characters in the passwords. I don't know too many systems that allow this. Its unfortunate that it accepted it in the first place.
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Works for me. Are you sure you are using the correct keyboard layout at the login screen?
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Hrm...Correct keyboard layout? I don't recall seeing an option to change the keyboard layout. Sorry, bit of a noob to the whole mac thing 
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2005
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I just tested a password with an @ symbol in it.
It works fine on two different computers running 10.4.3
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I have used computers running 10.2 and 10.3 with various characters such as %, ! etc. in the password and they have worked fine.
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Originally Posted by Maflynn
I don't think the OS likes having non alphabetic characters in the passwords. I don't know too many systems that allow this. Its unfortunate that it accepted it in the first place.
Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND???
Give me a break. I have used non-alpha chars in passwords for 20 years in all manner of systems.
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signatures are a waste of bandwidth
especially ones with political tripe in them.
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Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005
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If you're now locked out of your computer, you can use the Mac OS X disc to reset the password.
Boot from the disc by holding down the C key and then look in the menus at the top when it loads and find reset admin password.
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Originally Posted by seanc
If you're now locked out of your computer, you can use the Mac OS X disc to reset the password.
If he is now locked out of his computer, how can he read your reply?
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Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005
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If he is locked out of his computer, how did he post on here in the first place...
He could be using a friends or an internet café etc.
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