[iBook] oy vey

[Matt]

The master password is the password that you choose
when you turn on the file vault (encryption of the
home folder). I believe that the only way to get
around this without knowing the password is to
reinstall.

Matt

--- Don Hinkle <donhinkle at mac.com> wrote:

> A friend has an AL 12" iBook, running 10.3.5. Kind
> of a mess from the 
> get-go because a guy SHE DOES NOT TRUST got it for
> her and did the 
> startup and initial install, so she's nervous
> because HE KNOWS HER 
> PASSWORDS.
> I showed her how to change the password, but still
> there's the problem 
> that this guy is an IT person so knows how to get
> around that.
> He set up the Master Password, which she tells me is
> different from her 
> Screen Password, and she doesn't know it. So he can
> make changes on her 
> computer but she cannot.
> It's been a while since I installed on my 'book, but
> I don't remember a 
> Master Password.
> 
> Questions: Is there such a thing? Is it different
> from the Account 
> Password for the Admin? If so, is there a way for
> her (or me operating 
> on her behalf) to uncover it so she doesn't feel
> vulnerable to this 
> guy, or do we have to reinstall the OS?
> 
> thanks...
> 
> -donald henry hinkle
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