[X4U] RE: Need to promote an account - Fixed

[poolmouse_nyc]

Mark Gibson <gibsonm at bigpond.net.au> 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.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Well a bloke by the name of Michael Conniff was able to sort it out 
> for me on the Apple Discussion board.
> 
> Thanks for all who responded.
> 
> the details are here:
> 
> http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3711219
> 
> Merry Christmas!
> -- Regards, Mark (}-: +61 (0)4 1927 7198 Skype / AIM / iChat: gibsonm1 All computers wait at the same speed.

i suggest you submit this as a bug with apple. deleting the last admin account 
should not be possible.

	http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/index.html

we don't use user lists in login windows...we always make the user enter 
username/password. at the very least, would allow you to just reset root 
password in single user mode without needing to perform netinfo command line 
acrobatics. ;)

thanks,
don

don montalvo, nyc
curmudgeon at large

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