[CUBE] Changing administrator in Panther

Laurie A Duncan laurie at cubeowner.com
Wed Jan 28 05:44:43 PST 2004


On 1/28/04 7:35 AM, "Luis Meleiro" <luis_meleiro at cilsp.com> typed the
following:

> Dear Listers,
> 
> Situation: I have an iBook which I plan to offer to my sister. This ice
> IBook's already running 10.3.2 (aka Panther).
> Problem: My sister doesn't want my administrator/short name and password.
> Question: How do I change its administrator/short name and password without
> having to reinstall the whole system again?

Long and complicated, Apple-supported, using the terminal:

http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n106824

Slightly easier, using NetInfo Manager:

http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=5038

Easiest and least risk:

Leave it alone and create a new Administrator account for your sister:

Laurie
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