[X4U] Single user not an Admin user: A fix anyone?

[Robert Ameeti]

>a while back I posted the procedure for making the setup start over again.
>here it is:
>
>boot into single user mode and type:
>fsck -y
>mount -uw /
>mv /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb.bad
>rm/var/db/.AppleSetupDone
>reboot
>
>Do that and start over.

What are the odds that I'll lose the current Users folder?



> > >use the NetInfo manager to enable/disable the root account.
>>
>> Using NetInfo Manager does show the enable root user menu, and does allow
>> the entry of an entry user:root and a password which it appears to accept,
>> but no net change is noted. The login screen still only shows the single
>> user with no drop down or any way to log in as root.
>>
>> > I don't know
>> >since when, but on all machines I've used the first account created is an
>> >admin account, if it wasn't you should not be able to create additional,
>> and
>> >hence, admin accounts.
>>
>> Exactly the problem. Some 'authorized repair center' did the dastardly
>> deed of replacing the System folder which mucked up the system in this
>> way. The single user is a Standard user. There is no Admin user which
> > should have been very difficult to have been accomplished.



> > > > >On 11/08/2004, at 2:46 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>> > > >
>> >> >>The single and only user is not an Admin user but is instead a
>> Standard
>> >> user. As such, no updates can be done. Root is not enabled as far as I
>> can
>> >> tell. Is there any command within Terminal or within NetInfo Manager
>> that
>> >> might enable me to modify this single user to Admin status?
>> >> >
>> >> >You might be able to do it by booting into single user mode and trying
>> >> arcane commands, but I'd suggest a quick & easy way might be, er,
>> easier.
>> >> How about:
>> >> >
>> >> >1. Boot from install CD, activate root a/c. (Installer menu)
>> >>
>> >> It is tough when you get stuck at Step 1
>> >>
>> >> I do not see the ability to enable or activate root via a 10.3.2 OS
>> >> install disc. My options are:
>> >>
>> >> Change Startup Disk
>> >> Reset Password
>> >> Open Disk Utility
>> >>
>> >> Interesting that Reset Password allows the resetting of 'roots'
>> password.
>> >> I am not sure whether 'root' is enabled after resetting its password,
>> but
>> >> the continuing problem is that at Login, it still only shows the single
>> >> Standard account user's name so I still can't log in as root if I want.
>> >> Attempting to make any changes via Accounts is fruitless as the only
>> login
>> >> ability is to this Standard user.
>> >>
>> >> >2. Boot normally, log in as root
>> >> >3. Accounts preference panel, assign "User can administer this
>> computer"
>> >> to the account in question,
>> >> >4. Reboot again (IME sometimes adding admin rights to an account
>> doesn't
>> >> take effect until you do)
> > > > >5. (optional, recommended in most cases) Disable root a/c.

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Robert Ameeti

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