[Cube] Help - lost the owner user account

[Gary Heartsfield]

Maybe this will help

Insert your boot  cd and get set to do an install,, under the menu is  
a reset pasword box. use this to set your new password and then you  
can get in.


On May 12, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Ken Johnson wrote:

> No help.  I followed the instructions, but do not get the "Localhost 
> %" prompt - I get "Localhost:/ root", and the sbin commands do  
> nothing.  Maybe that script was for an earlier (pre 10.4) version  
> of MacOS.
>
> Ken
>
> On May 12, 2006, at 7:41 AM, atoa wrote:
>
>> Have you looked here:
>>
>> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20001217230925152
>>
>> On Thu, 11 May 2006, Ken Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> I just upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.4.4.  On my own Cube (3rd such  
>>> upgrade) I used the option of holding down the "C" key while  
>>> booting (the DVD was already in the drive) & starting from the DVD.
>>>
>>> Now, my owner account is either corrupt or missing.  Any action  
>>> that requires a password is rejected (my password doesn't work)  
>>> and if I log out (as me) my name isn't even shown on the logon  
>>> list.  Another name is there - but that is not a sys  
>>> administrator account.
>>>
>>> So I cannot make any changes (like upgrading to 10.4.6).  Any  
>>> ideas???
>>>
>>> Ken Johnson
>>>
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