[X4U] Need to promote an account

[Earle Jones]

On Dec 14, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A colleague has somehow demoted the admin account on his machine to  
> merely "standard". Amazingly enough he can now do very little on  
> the machine. :)
>
> I tried creating a new "admin" account but I need an current one to  
> unlock the padlock.
>
> Any ideas on how I can "promote" an existing standard account back  
> to "Administrative" status?
>
> Happy to futz around in the Terminal or single user mode if that's  
> what's required.

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I thought any Sys X Mac *had to have* at least one Admin account.   
You can have more than one Admin, but my understanding is you must  
have at least one.

I could be wrong.

You may have to reload Sys X and re-name the Admin.

Good luck!

earle
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