[X4U] New Tiger Install - Password Not Recognized

Rick Gordon rick at rickgordon.com
Tue Nov 8 11:22:49 PST 2005


Problem solved. I specifically recopied my netinfo data again, and all's well.

------------------

On 11/8/05 at 3:36 AM -0800, Rick Gordon wrote in a message entitled
"[X4U] New Tiger Install - Password Not Recognized":

>I did a fresh Tiger install on a test partition, having previously copied (using sudo ditto -rsrcFork) from a 10.3.9 installation, the following before installing:
>
>/private/var (so my netinfo database is intact)
>/System/Library/Keychains
>/System/Library/Preferences
>~/Library/Keychains, and
>~/Library/Preferences
>
>The content appears to have been copied and permissions have been retained.
>
>On rebooting to the new partition (still 10.4.0), I get the standard login screen showing my network name, but when I type in my username and password fields, the user/password entry fails (for either my username or for root).
>
>What might I need to copy to set my user/password right, without having to go back to a fresh install?

-- 
 
___________________________________________________

RICK GORDON
EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
___________________________________________________

WWW:   http://www.shelterpub.com


More information about the X4U mailing list