[X Newbies] Getting rid of Admin Passwords

Eugene Lee list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net
Tue Feb 17 00:40:28 PST 2004


On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 04:17:56PM -0800, Ken Poppers wrote:
: 
: I have a Powerbook G4 using Panther from work,  I do not have admin 
: access, so I can't connect to the internet (other than my employer's 
: web site) software update, etc.  I want to kill off the admin and 
: convert it to a single user.
: 
: I was thinking of restarting the computer as a firewire hard drive and 
: grabbing all the offending files and trashing them, but I don't know 
: exactly which ones to get.  Any ideas?
: 
: The computer was paid for by a grant, not by my employer, but tech 
: services imaged it as if it is an "on site" computer, not one for home 
: use.

So who actually owns the PowerBook G4?  You or your company?


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Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/



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