[iBook] Second Hand Mac woes

[Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail]

Hi Larry,

It looks like the information you gave me is my only option as 
Michael's suggestion of using the option or alt key doesn't allow me to 
choose which OS to start from.

I typed in nidump passwd but I did not see anything like 
	larry:xyreRxk:501:20::0:0:Larry Kollar:/Users/larry:/bin/tcsh, so no 
number greater then 500 appeared. I can only assume netinfo hadn't 
launched by the time the prompt appeared. I am running OS 10.0.3, I 
know this because while in OS9, I saw this, atleast I think it was 
there but I am sure it is 10.0.3.

So, I guess I have no option at the moment.

Would turning the iBook into a target disk give me an installation 
option? I don't have a FW cable and will buy one of course.

Thanks Larry, I appreciate your detailed explanation, I wish it had 
worked.

For the record, I will type the result of the nidump passwd command, it 
may help you understand what is going on.

known formats:
aliases
bootparams
ethers
exports
fstab
group
hosts
networks
passwd
printcap
protocols
resolv.conf
rps
services
mountimage
localhost# kmod_destroy: com.apple.driver.AppleCore99PE (id 16), 
deallocating 8 pages starting at 0x49f4000 kmod_destroy: 
com.apple.iokit.AppleMediaBay (id 27). deallocating 4 pages starting at 
0x4c8b000

Alex

On Jan 15, 2005, at 4:42 AM, Larry Kollar wrote:

>
> Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail wrote:
>
>> I had an idea, if I startup with apple S, can I use a unix command to 
>> create a new user and login the newly created user from the login 
>> window?
>
> Yes. You might also be able to see what accounts are set up on the 
> computer & change those passwords.
>
> In single-user mode, type:
>
> 	nidump passwd .
>
> If NetInfo is working, it will list all the accounts configured. There 
> are a bunch of accounts created by the system for the system, but they 
> all look like this:
>
> 	larry:xyreRxk:501:20::0:0:Larry Kollar:/Users/larry:/bin/tcsh
>
> (I replaced the encrypted password with my own gibberish for this 
> example.)
>
> That first number in the string of four, the UID, is the one you're 
> interested in. Any account with a UID over 500 is a user account. 
> Pretend for a moment it's my computer you bought:
>
> 	# passwd larry
> 	Changing password for larry.
> 	New password:
>
> Type anything you want for a new password, then type it again when the 
> Mac prompts you for it.
>
> Now that you've fixed it, press Ctrl-D to exit single-user mode, then 
> log in with the user name and changed password. Presto, you are in 
> OSX. Chances are, that account is an "admin" account, so you can 
> create your own account using the normal System Preferences dialogs.
> --
> Larry Kollar    k  o  l  l  a  r  @  a  l  l  t  e  l  .  n  e  t
> "The hardest part of all this is the part that requires thinking."
> -- Paul Tyson, on xml-doc 
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