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


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone no longer working for mac OS X 10.6??!? HELP!!!!
# 1  
Old 04-14-2010
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
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators

LinkedIn tiles on Members list no longer working?

Is it just me or are the links to LinkedIn on the "Members" list not working any more? Clicking on Facebook, YouTube, etc work just fine. I'm getting a 404 error (page no longer exists) but I know for sure that my page is there. Perhaps there's something wrong with my browser? Any ideas? (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: hicksd8
7 Replies

2. Linux

Chrome browser no longer working on my debian lenny 5

Hi All, My chrome browser was working correctly on my Debian Lenny 5 PC..Today i downloaded the version from google and tried to install the deb from command line as follows: dpkg -i <latest-chrome-package> The installation failed but now my existing old chrome browser is not starting. ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: coolatt
2 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

vnc No Longer Working Correctly

Hello All, Yesterday, all day, I was using x11vnc and vncviewer to connect to a server. But today for some reason it is not working. I don't remember changing any settings or anything like that, but because it stopped working correctly I guess something has...? I'm issuing the exact same... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: mrm5102
0 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Script is not longer working in the crontab

This is the crontab it is supossed to be running everyday but it didnt 5 0 * * * /export/app/CO/opge/scr/Informe_parametros_colombia.ksh >/dev/null 2>&1 Inside the above script connects to a database and extract data to a flat file, manually i run the script at about 2 a.m. and Works OK,... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: alexcol
6 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

assign var with set=a[5] not working

Hi Experts, I'm having issue in assigning var with special character , please see below for complete details. $ echo $SHELL /bin/csh $ cat bp abd/asd/a $ awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' bp | awk '{print $1}' a $ set a=`awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' bp | awk '{print $1}'` $ echo $a ... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: novice_man
15 Replies

6. SCO

Sco-Unix IP Printer no longer working

I have a client running Sco-Unix 5. They have many IP Printers setup. One of the IP Printers is "LPJ", it has been functional for 3 weeks and then the switch died and hung up the queue. We reset the switch and restarted the jobs and they printed. The switch went down again and we replaced the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Netwrkengeer
1 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

putting ftp in korn function - no longer working

This works if it's not in a function. I pulled it into one and I get syntax error, no mathcing '<'. I have to call it several times and need it to be a function. Any ideas? function FTP_Engine_File { ftp -inv ${FTP_SERVER} << EOF_FTP >> ${FTP_LOG} user ${FTP_USER} ${FTP_PSWD} ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: brdholman
4 Replies

8. Forum Support Area for Unregistered Users & Account Problems

my account is no longer working

my account mhm4 is no longer working (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: mhm4
9 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Var substitution in awk - not working as expected

countA=`awk '/X/''{print substr($0,38,1)}' fName | wc -l` countB=`wc -l fName | awk '{print int($1)}'` echo > temp ratio=`awk -va=$countA -vc=$countB '{printf "%.4f", a/c}' temp` After running script for above I am getting an error as : awk: 0602-533 Cannot find or open file -vc=25. The... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: videsh77
3 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question
yppasswdd(8yp)															    yppasswdd(8yp)

Name
       yppasswdd - server daemon for modifying the yellow pages (YP) password file

Syntax
       /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd file [ -m arg1 arg2 ...  ]

Description
       The daemon is a server that handles password change requests from It changes a password entry in the specified file, which is assumed to be
       in the same format described in An entry in file will be changed only if the password presented by matches the encrypted password  of  that
       entry.

       If  the	option is given, then after file is modified, a will be performed in Any arguments following the flag will be passed to The option
       should be set only at a YP master server machine.

       This server is not run by default, nor can it be started up from If it is desired to enable remote password updating for the yellow  pages,
       then an entry for should be put in the file of the host serving as the master for the yellow pages file.

Examples
       If the yellow pages password file is stored as then to have password changes propagated immediately, the server should be invoked as:
       /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/src/passwd -m passwd DIR= /var/yp/src

Files
See Also
       yppasswd(1yp), passwd(5yp), ypfiles(5yp), ypmake(8yp)

																    yppasswdd(8yp)