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R:- Master password /help please
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| Hi,
apparently I have set a master password for my computer that I do not
remember, I realize that I can do nothing about it now and fortunetly nothing
is encrypted with it.
What happens when I update to Tiger ( when it comes) must I do a complete re
install to get rid of the Master password? and are the other systems on the
computer os 9 , Jaguar, all controlled by this password?
Any help appreciated
micki
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| On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:23:20 +0100, James Meiss wrote
(in article <jdm-A315E3.17232030012005@peabody.colorado.edu> ):
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156
Thank you for your reply but your links refer to administrator account.
Unless you mean:-
" Note: Be sure to select your administrator account name. Do not select
"System Administrator". System Administrator is actually a reference to the
root user. Do not confuse it with a normal administrator account. "
If so please explain in more detail ,I get very nervous with anything " root"
thanks for your time
micki
Taken from apple Article ID: 106156
The master password is a computer-wide password set up by an administrator as
a safeguard in case the administrator forgets his or her login password. The
master password is usually used in conjunction with FileVault, a way of
encrypting a user's home folder so it can't be seen by anyone but that user.
If a FileVault user forgets his or her login password, even an administrator
can't log in to the user's account with an administrator password. Only the
master password can override a FileVault user's password.
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| James Meiss 2005-01-31, 8:56 pm |
| In article <0001HW.BE241A16000EB285F02845B0@news.easynews.com>,
micki <micki@gotohell.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:23:20 +0100, James Meiss wrote
> (in article <jdm-A315E3.17232030012005@peabody.colorado.edu> ):
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> Thank you for your reply but your links refer to administrator account.
> Unless you mean:-
> " Note: Be sure to select your administrator account name. Do not select
> "System Administrator". System Administrator is actually a reference to the
> root user. Do not confuse it with a normal administrator account. "
> If so please explain in more detail ,I get very nervous with anything " root"
>
> thanks for your time
> micki
Yes. The first account you set up for your computer should be (indeed
must be at first) an "administrator" account. You certainly can change
the password for that account as you like using the install CD. It is
not "root." Normally OS X is set up with no log-in for "root," i.e.
"System Administrator" which many have argued is a good thing.
You may have set up other account that have administrator privileges too.
> Taken from apple Article ID: 106156
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> The master password is a computer-wide password set up by an administrator as
> a safeguard in case the administrator forgets his or her login password. The
> master password is usually used in conjunction with FileVault, a way of
> encrypting a user's home folder so it can't be seen by anyone but that user.
> If a FileVault user forgets his or her login password, even an administrator
> can't log in to the user's account with an administrator password. Only the
> master password can override a FileVault user's password.
It seems that if you do not know the FileVault master password nor the
users FileVault password, then you are out of luck. I never have used
FileVault, so I'm not sure how this works.
In this case, you must use your handy-dandy backup copies that you have
made :-).
--
Jim Meiss
<http://amath.colorado.edu/faculty/jdm>
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