rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone no longer working for mac OS X 10.6??!? HELP!!!!


 
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rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone no longer working for mac OS X 10.6??!? HELP!!!!

My roommate forgot his admin password on his MacBook air..

He doesn't have the external SuperDrive, so we have no way of using the simple method of using the install disks and resetting the password..

The worst part is, he did this same thing about a year ago lol

At the time, we booted into safe mode and did the command:

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

And all was well...he was able to get back into his machine and reset his password...

We tried the same steps, but we are nit getting the same results...

Are we typing the command/argument incorrectly?? Any help would be appreciated, and would save him from a long drive to the apple store..

Thanks in advance
 
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KAS_SETPASSWORD(8)					       AFS Command Reference						KAS_SETPASSWORD(8)

NAME
kas_setpassword - Changes the key field in an Authentication Database entry SYNOPSIS
kas setpassword -name <name of user> [-new_password <new password>] [-kvno <key version number>] [-admin_username <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-password_for_admin <admin password>] [-cell <cell name>] [-servers <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-noauth] [-help] kas setpasswd -na <name of user> [-ne <new password>] [-k <key version number>] [-a <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-p <admin password>] [-c <cell name>] [-s <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-no] [-h] kas setp -na <name of user> [-ne <new password>] [-k <key version number>] [-a <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-p <admin password>] [-c <cell name>] [-s <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-no] [-h] kas sp -na <name of user> [-ne <new password>] [-k <key version number>] [-a <admin principal to use for authentication>] [-p <admin password>] [-c <cell name>] [-s <explicit list of authentication servers>+] [-no] [-h] DESCRIPTION
The kas setpassword command accepts a character string of unlimited length, scrambles it into a form suitable for use as an encryption key, places it in the key field of the Authentication Database entry named by the -name argument, and assigns it the key version number specified by the -kvno argument. To avoid making the password string visible at the shell prompt, omit the -new_password argument. Prompts then appear at the shell which do not echo the password visibly. When changing the afs server key, also issue bos addkey command to add the key (with the same key version number) to the /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. See the OpenAFS Administration Guide for instructions. The command interpreter checks the password string subject to the following conditions: o If there is a program called kpwvalid in the same directory as the kas binary, the command interpreter invokes it to process the password. For details, see kpwvalid(8). o If the -reuse argument to the kas setfields command has been used to prohibit reuse of previous passwords, the command interpreter verifies that the password is not too similar too any of the user's previous 20 passwords. It generates the following error message at the shell: Password was not changed because it seems like a reused password To prevent a user from subverting this restriction by changing the password twenty times in quick succession (manually or by running a script), use the -minhours argument on the kaserver initialization command. The following error message appears if a user attempts to change a password before the minimum time has passed: Password was not changed because you changed it too recently; see your systems administrator OPTIONS
-name <name of user> Names the entry in which to record the new key. -new_password <new password> Specifies the character string the user types when authenticating to AFS. Omit this argument and type the string at the resulting prompts so that the password does not echo visibly. Note that some non-AFS programs cannot handle passwords longer than eight characters. -kvno <key version number> Specifies the key version number associated with the new key. Provide an integer in the range from 0 through 255. If omitted, the default is 0 (zero), which is probably not desirable for server keys. -admin_username <admin principal> Specifies the user identity under which to authenticate with the Authentication Server for execution of the command. For more details, see kas(8). -password_for_admin <admin password> Specifies the password of the command's issuer. If it is omitted (as recommended), the kas command interpreter prompts for it and does not echo it visibly. For more details, see kas(8). -cell <cell name> Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see kas(8). -servers <authentication servers>+ Names each machine running an Authentication Server with which to establish a connection. For more details, see kas(8). -noauth Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer. For more details, see kas(8). -help Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. EXAMPLES
In the following example, an administrator using the "admin" account changes the password for "pat" (presumably because "pat" forgot the former password or got locked out of his account in some other way). % kas setpassword pat Password for admin: new_password: Verifying, please re-enter new_password: PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
Individual users can change their own passwords. To change another user's password or the password (server encryption key) for server entries such as "afs", the issuer must have the "ADMIN" flag set in his or her Authentication Database entry. SEE ALSO
bos_addkey(8), kas(8), kaserver(8), kpwvalid(8) COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. OpenAFS 2012-03-26 KAS_SETPASSWORD(8)