reset user password

[xegan]

I gave one of my friends a loginswd, but he
forgot his password (and so did I

How can I reset his password?

I tried using NetInfo to change the password
field, but I noticed that after I entered it, it didn't
"encode" itself, and it didn't take.

 

[kilowatt]

if you want to do that in netinfo, set it to '*' or just remove the property. Then the user will have no password, and can login and change it.

Here is what I recomend:
Login as your admin user. This is the user you created when you first installed osx on the computer.

Open a terminal, type:
sudo passwd username
where username is the username you wish to change passwords on.

Next, enter your password. Then enter the new password for the user you specified.

You can also do this in the login pane of the System Preferences if you're signed in as an admin user.

 

[xegan]

That did the trick.

I didn't know you could specify a user with the passwd command.

thanks!