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Re: user name and password?

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From Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch>
Subject Re: user name and password?
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:33:10 +0100, Roger Darlington wrote:

> My brother thought it would be a good idea if he started using his mac
> not in permanently administrator mode because he kept messing up
> things), so he put a username and  password on it (standard stuff,
> nothing clever).

That's a good idea in any case, and what many of us recommend.

> But now, a year later, he wants to update Carbon Copy (or even use CC)
> and he cant remember his username or password.
> 
> Firstly: How many guesses does he get before it locks him out
> permanently?
> 
> Is there a way of retrieving this info?
> 
> [I'm not a Mac user, I use RISCOS] (which always operates in admin mode,
> there is no other).

What version of OS X is he running?

Booting from the OS X installation DVD should give you the option to 
change the admin password but I think the precise details are version 
dependent.



-- 
Paul Sture

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user name and password? Roger Darlington <rogerarm@freeuk.com> - 2012-04-04 07:33 +0100
  Re: user name and password? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-04 10:20 +0200
    Re: user name and password? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-05 00:39 +1200
      Re: user name and password? Roger Darlington <rogerarm@freeuk.com> - 2012-04-04 18:54 +0100
      Re: user name and password? Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-05 11:42 +0200
  Re: user name and password? Thom Rosario <thom@nospam.com> - 2012-04-05 09:14 -0500

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