I have two Jaguar books over 700 pages each and neither has that simple fix in them. wow! These books blow. Alan Rules! Do you need those "<" and ">" between the user name Alan? k On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 11:54 PM, a l a n t h o m p s o n wrote: > reboot your machine, or power it up while holding down the command and > s keys. > > the result is that os x will boot in what is called single user mode. > > from here you can: > > run passwd <insert-user-name-here> > > passwd will prompt you to type in the new/desired password. > > next, type "reboot" > > ta-da. > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 11:28 PM, Marty Levenson wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> My friend can't remember her jaguar password.....is there a way to >> change it, or must I reinstall the system? >> >> Thanks, >> Marty