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So we have our G5 mac at school, running Panther.

my friend changed the password on it and promptly forgot it. this is the main admin account (the name is "mdtv"). we're still logged into the machine, so as long as we dont lose power we're good. is there any way i can drop to a unix shell w/ root access and reset the PW?

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go to forums.macrumors.com and ask there... i dunno though... i would back everything up and just reinstall... it's probably faster/easier.

format and reinstall

because of a lost password

yeah right

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Ah, well you will want to actually reboot the machine.

Restart the machine, then when you hear the startup chime, hold down Command and S together.

This starts up the machine in single user mode at a UNIX prompt. From there you can type in "passwd mdtv" (without the quotes) and it will prompt you for a new password, and then prompt again for the verifcation. Then type in reboot, and there you go! :D

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boot from the install CD and in the menu go to change admin password, no questions asked. Works wonders

Yep, this works great. I was able to make use of this feature when I messed up my root account password.

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