Comments on: Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset

By: Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:13:59 +0000

@bill No, this will not erase any programs you have installed.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:54:16 +0000

If I reset my password as above will I lose my photoshop program or others?

By: frank

frank — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:55:34 +0000

thank you so much this work for mi just fine

By: Ryan Moore

Ryan Moore — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:49:46 +0000

Awesome. Now you made me want to go steal a laptop at the airport.

By: Opret ny administrator på Mac OS X 10.6.5 uden kode « Gotchavilante

Opret ny administrator på Mac OS X 10.6.5 uden kode « Gotchavilante — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:18:29 +0000

[...] skal du starte din mac i “Mac OS X Single User Mode“. Dette gøres [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:22:03 +0000

This worked brilliantly, thanks a mill!

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:13:37 +0000

Hi,

thanks a lot for this. Just saved me quite some trouble.

One correction: At least in my case, I had to type ‘quit’, not ‘exit’, to leave ‘dslc’.

Simon

By: Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:39:43 +0000

@Bill Remember i how i specifically mentioned how that doesn’t work? I’ve been getting lots of email, etc. about this from people who think that works so let me just say one last time, it doesn’t. When booted, OS X pulls all user data from the directory database. This includes the root user. In single user mode, you are root, true. However, the directory services are not running so setting a password here does not change the root password of the booted system.

Sorry, i wish it were that easy but i’ve even tested it. It isn’t. Please stop emailing me.

By: BIll

BIll — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:06:43 +0000

There is a far easier way to do this:
mount -uw /
chroot /
passwd
Done and done.

By: straff

straff — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:53:36 +0000

just to make you aware the command is not launchtl but launchctl

Cheers
Straff