![]() ( Edit: Read all the way to the end for an alternative approach here.)Ĭhange your root user's password by entering passwd (no 'o' and no 'r'). Mount the root volume by entering this (this command should be mentioned near the bottom of all the text you see as well): You're going to get a black screen and a lot of text. To do this, reboot and hold down Command and the 's' key at the same time. ![]() Also, I don't want anyone thinking I imagined another answer.)īoot the system into single-user mode. I still think that's a useful page to have linked as part of this discussion, so I'm putting it into this answer. ![]() ( Edit: Just to clarify, once upon a time there was another answer here that linked to this Apple support page. The article that John links to suggests that you use the installer disc to repair a lost admin password, but since you mention that you're far from an installer disc, I will mention that there is an old Unix hack available. From there, you can choose what user you want to reset the password for (including root, if you've enabled root). Launch a terminal and enter resetpassword.To do this, reboot and hold down Command and the 'r' key at the same time. ![]() It should apply to any version of OSX with a dedicated recovery partition though. "Newer versions" here means at least 10.8 and 10.9. Update April, 2014: On newer versions of OSX, the original advice (below) no longer applies.
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