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| From | Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> |
| Subject | Re: user name and password? |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps |
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| Date | Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:20:56 +0200 |
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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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