Don't want the password

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aicul

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I have a portable mac on which I usually do not have a password on the admin account (my risk I know). However, due to travel I preffered to define one just in case.

Now I have returned home and would like to remove the password for my admin account and fail to succede. I have tried entering nothing, etc., it just does not want to accept a null password.

Does anyone know how to set a null password to an admin account. I would like to avoid having to create a new admin account and transfer all my files between the two accounts.
 
After searching for the install disk, your solution worked - thanks. While I was at it I also re-installed my mac which needed a little cleanup and this was a good occasion to do so.
 
You could keep a password and just set it so it automatically logs in without the log in window while you are at home, then switch it when you travel.
 
albloom said:
Boot your system install disk. Use Password Reset to
give yourself "nuthin" again.
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I know some time has past since I posted this, and I have been at this again. I set a password then decided to remove it. Took this advice and applied it. But, this time I did not re-install OSX.

I'm afraid this solution is only partial. As for some reason OSX remembers the previous password in the following instances:

For the sake of clarity:
By "cleared password user" I mean a user that had its password removed (set to "") using the install disk technique.

1. Switching between from user ABC to a cleared password user will get you the login window which asks for a password. You leave it blank, hit return and in you go. However, on a account where a password was never set the switch is automatic, the login window is not presented.

2. Connecting to a user via airport, press connect under the network icon in finder. A login window is presented. Here you must enter the "old" password of the cleared password user to get in.

OSX seems to store the password in more than one place and the suggested approach using the install disk seems incomplete.
 
Check Keychain. You can delete the old password. You will need to check to see which one has the old password by clicking on show password.
 
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