Elliot Lee

I HAVE RAN ALL THE COMMANDS TO RESET THE ROOT PASSWD BUT WHEN IT PROMPTS ME TO TYPE THE NEW ONE NONE OF THE KEYS WILL WORK EXECPT THE ENTER KEY . I NEEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW . OH! I HAVE A MAC OS X 10.3.9 PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

I can reset your master password for you, and your root password in a simpler way then what elliot is suggesting. All you need is access through an ssh protocol. Once in, simply type “$sudo passwd root” Enter the original password and hit enter. Type your new password and your done. For information on reseting the Master password, e-mail me at mac_hack.corp@yahoo.com

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Hi,

I just found the following under
http://www.rit.edu/~wwwits/services/desktop_support/mac/xforcenewadminacccount.html

It worked perfectly for me (after trying all the other hints) on a G3 Clamshell Ibook wit OS X 10.3.9.

1. Restart the computer in Mac OS X single user mode by holding Command-S at startup.

2. Mount the computer’s drive for read/write access. To do so, type the following command at the command prompt, and then press Enter:
% mount -uw /

3. Remove the file that identifies that the initial run of the “Mac OS X Setup Assistant” has been completed, with this command at the command prompt, followed by Enter:
% rm /var/db/.applesetupdone

4. Restart the computer by entering this command, followed by Enter.
% reboot

5. The Mac OS X Setup Assistant screen should appear after the reboot, just as it does when you start up a brand new computer or upgrade to a new version of Mac OS X.

6. Create a new user account with the Setup Assistant. Be sure to name this user something different than the admin user that already exists on the system, and use a strong password (see Mac OS X password tips). At the end of the Setup Assistant process, the system will automatically log into this new user account. The account will have a unique ID (UID) that is one higher than the last user that was on the system, and will have all administration privileges.

We strongly recommend that you delete the new administrator account in the System Preferences application, once you have done what you need to do with it and it is no longer needed.

To let everyone know, I tried it on my MacBook and the command S option has been disabled. Does anyone know what the new command is to acces the boot screen?

Any help is great!

Thank you,

-Talk2theis

Hey Mikez007,

Do you think this would work on a MacBook? If anyone has tried this on a MacBook, please let me know!

Thank you,

-Talk2theis