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Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by John Evans

John Evans — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:28:28 +0000

tried the reset password from therm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and now cannot boot the system only the please wait motive appears and does not go away, and cannot find user pops up in the Dos mode, how do I fix this worse problem now, Im not happy. Please reply asap

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by Carl Clement

Carl Clement — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:10:03 +0000

Thanks - just did this on the second hand iMac G4 we got into the office. Worked a treat on OS X 10.4.11 - finally Admin access to tbe beast

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by Leonard

Leonard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:13:03 +0000

THANKS! -_- now i got my macbook superbricked. showing apple logo and spinning wheel of death. what now? inserted installation CD and got all my settings deleted. be safe, be careful, and beware.

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by Easkay

Easkay — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:36:17 +0000

Hi, I’ve got a problem, when I use the
sh /etc/rc
command to get all the daemons and services running, it spends ages saying “Couldn’t find root user. Sleeping and trying again.”
and I cannot write any code to actually bypass this or to create a root user. And when I try the registration process, when it gets to the create new user bit, it has a thin grey line in the middle of the window and that’s it. I’ve tried using systemstarter to get round this, but with no luck. I also have no access to a mac os x install disc and am pretty much screwed. Is there anything I can do?

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by Madsailor

Madsailor — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:29:46 +0000

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone, I tried this one but new user is not admin user. Just you can use as a regular user.

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:38:05 +0000

Sorry for the trouble. In previous version there is a file called .AppleSetupDone that could be deleted and would accomplish more or less the same thing. It was optional before if you just deleted the database but is required in 10.5.

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

I have yet to test this myself but will later today. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by mac

mac — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:05:33 +0000

” 10.5

rm -Rf /var/db/dslocal”
creates error:

“Couldn’t find root user. Sleeping and trying again.”

and will not be able to get into osx again

Comment on Mac OS X Single User Mode Password Reset by Welcome to Kyle Weber’s site » OS X Password Reset

Welcome to Kyle Weber’s site » OS X Password Reset — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:22:31 +0000

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Comment on Google apps, jabber. by Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:32:15 +0000

Thanks, i try.

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