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Rebooting OSX without password

Voodu Child · 2008-04-26 17:09:15

How do you reboot OSX without a password? I've a MACbook here from Power City, but its a demo model, so they have an admin account on it, and i dont have a password for it. Google suggested booting into the command line mode and typing: But it just says sh: /etc/rc: No such file or directory Im not familiar with MACs so…

26-04-2008 5:09pm

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Voodu Child

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How do you reboot OSX without a password? I've a MACbook here from Power City, but its a demo model, so they have an admin account on it, and i dont have a password for it.

Google suggested booting into the command line mode and typing:

#sh /etc/rc
#passwd yourusername
#reboot

But it just says
sh: /etc/rc: No such file or directory
Im not familiar with MACs so any help would be appreciated

Edit-
Never mind, I figured it out.

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#2 26-04-2008 10:46pm

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reboot with the install dvd in the drive and hold down the 'c' key to boot from it. Select english as the setup language and at the next screen you will have a toolbar at the top. Theres an option there somewhere to reset the password.

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