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Why don't you just ask the person who sold it to you for the password? _Which_ password don't you have? You seem to be logging in - if you are trying to launch Safari, you must be logged in. - cfr

You can try booting into single user mode and running fsck from the command line. To do this, hold down apple and s as the machine boots. You should get a command prompt. At the prompt, type "/sbin/fsck -fy" without the quotes. Make a nice cup of tea to drink while you wait. If it repairs...

Did you sort this out? The problem is that "cd /data/" tries to change you into a directory named "data" at the root level - not /usr/local/mysql/data. To access the data directory, you will need to issue "sudo cd /usr/local/mysql/data" while logged in as an admin. It will ask for your...

This isn't an answer (I know nothing about cgi scripts) but do you really need to make the users admin users? The sorts of services you described don't need that so you might want to make them standard accounts instead - especially given the remote access complications. Also, if you're running...

I've wondered for a while whether it might not be that people who use combo updaters tend to be people who are following "safest update method" tutorials or instructions and thus also tend to do things like closing running applications, repairing permissions etc. when updating. If so, that would...

Gimp, OpenOffice, xfractint, mrxvt, fontforge, more I like Gimp a lot and it is lot more stable on OS X now than when I initially used it. It keeps getting better. I also got a very good response when I couldn't get an update to compile - good enough that I could compile, though an update...

If you are interested in scripts (as opposed to fully fledged programmes), you might also look into shell scripting from the command line. I never really got to grips with Applescript and hated the amount of typing involved. I've done a lot more with shell scripting than I ever would have with...

You don't need Mac OS Server to host MYSQL unless you prefer to do it that way. I'm running such a server on my laptop and the only reason nobody elsewhere can connect to it is that I set it up that way, have the firewall running without opening any of the ports for services of this kind etc. I...

There _is_ somewhere out there an aqua version of emacs. I've never tried it as my initial experiments with editors resulted in a strong preference for vim. (Yes, I know, so let me emphasise that this is a _personal_ preference and not a judgement on emacs.) Also, are you sure gvim is installed...

CocoaMySQL.app - cfr

This isn't an answer, but more of an alert. Some Apple laptops can run with the lid closed quite safely, I believe. However, others may agree to run despite the fact that they will over heat as a result. So you might want to double-check that before proceeding. - cfr

Try downloading the Combo updater for 10.4.8 and reinstalling the update using that. I haven't used this trick myself, but very many people have found it resolved their upgrade issues. - cfr

Did you ever boot into single user mode and run fsck? I think the command you want is probably fsck -fy. (The y option tells the computer to repair the disk automatically.) This is the way I always run it. Alternatively, you can boot from the OS X install DVD/CD and use Disk Utility to "repair...

I don't know how it would affect startup, but startup items should respond to requests to StopService, StartService and, ideally, RestartService. You may want to start with a line sourcing rc, too. Also, it sounds as though your startup item requires at least network. If so, that should be...

First, I will say that I have precisely one user account on my machine, which is obviously an admin account. I do have backups, though and I've finally managed to do these routinely and to do these for my entire volume. (I acquired an external drive.) In particular, my system is backed up...

Since you don't mention trying this, start by booting from the OS X install DVD. Put the DVD in and then restart holding down the 'C' key. You'll get a bunch of questions about what language you prefer and stuff before the Mac OS X install screen comes up. You don't want to install, but you do...

It sounds as if you're seeing the System fonts from /System/Library/Fonts and not from /Library/Fonts. Which version of OpenOffice are you using? Font management on OS X has changed, I believe. If you have the latest stable version, when you first opened it you should have been asked two...

Note that even if your computer is _on_ 24/7, the cron jobs won't get run automatically unless it is _awake_ at the right times. I believe that this is theoretically different in Tiger and they should get run, but usually the places which note this note it in the context of work arounds for the...

It shouldn't matter that the application needs stuff from the main folder. That's true of lots of applications, but you can still use the executable in Contents/MacOS from the command line. If it is crashing, try monitoring that in the console log. You can view this using Applications >...