afridy Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Hai folks, one my friend has brought a mac book and gave it to me for vista installation. i try to install boot camp. now it ask admin password. i ask my friend the password. he sad, i contacted the ebay seller of this mac book and he even dont know the pass and he sad he could not do anything with this pass matter. it does not even have a mac installation cd. now i try to reset admin password by following this turotial http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/re...ue-entry-id-147 it says If you have lost the Mac OS X install Disc.....Command + S.....Enter sh /etc/rc and press return. Then enter passwd yourusername and hit return. Now you will have to enter a new password twice. BIT when i type sh /etc/rc in the command prompt, it says no such dir. pls help to reset admin pass. in my country, its rare to see a mac user or a mac cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefarewellnote Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Try this - it has worked for me many times 1. Boot into single user mode (press Command-S at power on) 2. Type fsck -fy 3. Type mount -uw / 4. Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist 5. Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password, replacing username with the targeted user and password with the desired password. 6.Reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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