on 02/12/04 18:28, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Andrew, Time, et al, >> >> If the password space is left blank when the system is first set up, then >> the password is in fact a blank space. All one has to do is hit reurn or >> the "OK" button and that will move past the authorization process. This is >> important also because if you do decide to reset the password using the >> reset function on the install disks, the reset program will ask for the >> original password, whereupon you would again enter the blank space ass the >> password. >> >> Run > > Hi Run, > > Thanks, that's just about what I was thinking. But won't passwd in > the terminal do this just as well? Why would she need to boot from > the install CD (not that that's a problem)?
Because if the empty space (or the single space) password is not accepted in Terminal or other apps already installed, that's because they will ask for it before they let you change it. When booting from the install CD, you can go in the Apple menu when the installer is loaded and select the option to change the Admin password, but you won't have to enter the existing one. Very handy if you should ever forget it... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] BUAG // n.: [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Graphic. Pejorative term for ugly ASCII art, especially as found in sig blocks. For some reason, mutations of the head of Bart Simpson are particularly common in the least imaginative sig blocks. See warlording. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
