[X4U] Need to promote an account

[Mark Gibson]

At 17:00 -0500 15/12/06, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
>Are there any other admin accounts? If not . . .and if the root 
>account wasn't enabled . . .I don't know of any way to do it.
>
>Might be something sneaky I don't know about though.
>
>
>On Dec 15, 2006, at 02:40, 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.
>>--

No I'm afraid she "demoted" both her own account and the "emergency 
use only" admin account i had setup.

I think root is enabled (but have forgotten how to check).

If it is can I "fix" it via the terminal or single user mode?
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