Thread: [HOWTO] Reset User Password via single user mode
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Old August 8th, 2009, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Satcomer View Post
Read this MacOSXHint on how to reset your 10.5 password via the single user mode.
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single user mode reset password:leopard
mount -uw /
ls /users
passwd (user's name)
(enter the password cannot be seen)
reboot
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Would I use this if my Admin account changes to standard? This what happened and now I can't add software, change file names, etc. It happened after I downloaded OS X 10.5.7 . Now everything is messed up for Admin account.

iMac Early 2009, OS X 10.5.7
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