On Mar 27, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Brian Fuelleman <fontgee...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You might ask the teenager you lent your computer to what password they > used/created. That should give you a way to reset the password and give you > the ability to move folders, add apps, etc. This won't help if the account's been deleted. Jane, start Terminal and enter the following two commands (hitting return after each): cd / ls -l You should see something like: dbdev2:~ johnson$ cd / dbdev2:/ johnson$ ls -l total 16462 drwxrwxr-x+ 148 root admin 5032 Mar 23 10:00 Applications drwxr-xr-x 21 johnson admin 714 Apr 23 2012 ClamXAV quarantine lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 15 May 7 2010 Desktop (Mac OS 9) -> /Desktop Folder drwxr-xr-x@ 4 johnson johnson 136 Apr 8 2009 Desktop Folder -rw-r--r--@ 1 johnson admin 0 Jan 11 2008 DesktopPrinters DB drwxrwxr-x@ 17 root admin 578 Jan 21 2011 Developer drwxrwxr-x 10 root admin 340 Oct 18 10:44 Incompatible Software -rw-r--r--@ 1 johnson johnson 167366 May 18 2011 Installation Log drwxr-xr-x+ 81 root wheel 2754 Oct 19 15:40 Library drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root wheel 102 Mar 22 10:29 Network -rw-r--r--@ 1 johnson admin 0 Jul 28 2011 OpenFolderListDF? drwx------@ 37 johnson admin 1258 Jun 16 2004 Perl_Bookshelf -rw-r--r--@ 1 johnson admin 12288 Sep 5 2006 Presentation1.ppt drwxr-xr-x 2 johnson admin 68 Jan 27 2011 Shared VM -rw-r--r--@ 1 johnson admin 42 Feb 27 2009 Shockwave Log drwxr-xr-x+ 4 root wheel 136 Oct 18 10:28 System lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 60 Oct 3 2010 User Guides And Information -> /Library/Documentation/User Guides and Information.localized lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 60 May 7 2010 User Guides And Information (from old Mac) -> /Library/Documentation/User Guides and Information.localized drwxr-xr-x 7 root admin 238 Oct 18 10:32 Users drwxrwxrwt@ 8 root admin 272 Mar 27 10:57 Volumes drwxr-xr-x@ 39 root wheel 1326 Mar 18 09:52 bin drwxrwxr-t@ 2 root admin 68 Jun 20 2012 cores -rw-r--r-- 1 johnson admin 121 May 1 2009 debug.log dr-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 4765 Mar 22 10:29 dev drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root admin 102 Oct 26 2005 doc lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Oct 18 10:20 etc -> private/etc dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Mar 27 10:35 home drwxrwxrwt@ 6 root wheel 204 Aug 15 2011 lost+found lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 9 May 7 2010 mach -> /mach.sym -rw-r--r--@ 1 root wheel 8191952 Mar 11 17:22 mach_kernel -rw------- 1 root admin 50 Feb 5 2007 mds-crash-state dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Mar 27 10:35 net drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root admin 204 Oct 25 09:06 opt drwxr-xr-x 21 johnson admin 714 Nov 21 2011 oracle drwxr-xr-x 30 johnson admin 1020 Sep 22 2011 oracle32 drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel 204 Oct 18 10:32 private drwxr-xr-x@ 64 root wheel 2176 Mar 18 09:52 sbin drwxr-xr-x 12 root admin 408 May 16 2008 sw lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Oct 18 10:22 tmp -> private/tmp drwxr-xr-x@ 13 root wheel 442 Oct 25 09:07 usr lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Oct 18 10:22 var -> private/var What you want to do is see anything not owned by 'root' or your account. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
