[X4U] Need to promote an account

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What if you were to migrate the entire user to another Mac that has an
Admin account using Migration Assistant. You could then reset it to
Admin and migrate it back to the original computer.

Milton

> On 12/15/06, Earle Jones <earle.jones at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > *
> > 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
> > *
> >
>