[X4U] Need to promote an account

[Mark Paul]

You can check on Netinfo Manager. One option may be to boot from a  
System CD and create the account from there.

On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:

> 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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>
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