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Forgot Root Password
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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I forgot my root password. I am trying to change my short name on my mac and it will not let me because I cannot remember my password. Any help would be great.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC, USA
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Did you forget the root password, or your user's password? Sounds like you forgot your user's password....
If you forgot root, just go into terminal and type "sudo passwd root", and then enter in your user's password when it prompts you.
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thanks. Now I have no clue how to change my short name from here. any tips?
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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IIRC, you can't from the account preferences panel. You might have to use a combination of changing /etc/passwd and the netinfo manager. Be sure to create an extra administrative account before you mess around with it.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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There is a third party tool that allows you to change the short user name. Search versiontracker.com but use at your own risk. Officially it's not really possible to change the short user name.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by atlcane
thanks. Now I have no clue how to change my short name from here. any tips?
You could always try it the "Apple" way:
How to Change User Short Name 
Welcome to Macintosh! 
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Originally Posted by Hal Itosis
/Que Jeff Goldblum
Step 1... launch netinfo and activate root user.
Step 2... add new user to Users preference pane.
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Step 41... there is no step 41!
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Originally Posted by Cadaver
/Que Jeff Goldblum
Step 1... launch netinfo and activate root user.
Step 2... add new user to Users preference pane.
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Step 41... there is no step 41!
Step 1 not necessary... but,
you're joking right? Bcuz,
there's a lot more left to do:
Copy items from old account
to new account. Change the
ownerships and groups for
all those copied items. Then
delete the old account. But,
now instead of being uid 501
you're uid 502. (Hope you're
not syncing a PowerBook to
a Desktop or anything).
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally Posted by Hal Itosis
Step 1 not necessary... but,
you're joking right? Bcuz,
there's a lot more left to do:
Copy items from old account
to new account. Change the
ownerships and groups for
all those copied items. Then
delete the old account. But,
now instead of being uid 501
you're uid 502. (Hope you're
not syncing a PowerBook to
a Desktop or anything).
Joking... yes. 
If you look at Apple's official instructions, there are 40 steps, including the activation (and subsequent deactivation) of root.
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