http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/ The Ultimate Mac OS X Security Site Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5254 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:08:20 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5254 You would have to extract the hash for the account and decrypt it, then use that to unlock the Filevault account. You would have to extract the hash for the account and decrypt it, then use that to unlock the Filevault account.

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5252 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:06:40 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5252 Check the white text above the prompt in Single-User Mode and make sure it's the same. Are you in SUM? Check the white text above the prompt in Single-User Mode and make sure it’s the same. Are you in SUM?

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5250 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:04:37 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5250 Is a firmware password enabled on your computer? Is a firmware password enabled on your computer?

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5248 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:02:49 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5248 Hm? You shouldn't need wireless internet to complete this procedure. Hm? You shouldn’t need wireless internet to complete this procedure.

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5247 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:01:58 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5247 What version of OS X are you running? What version of OS X are you running?

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5245 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:00:59 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5245 No, it won't, unless you name the new account the exact same as an existing account -- in that case, it'll overwrite it. No, it won’t, unless you name the new account the exact same as an existing account — in that case, it’ll overwrite it.

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5244 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:00:31 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5244 You should just make his old account into a managed user with parental controls, instead of creating a new account for him. You should just make his old account into a managed user with parental controls, instead of creating a new account for him.

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5243 Jeff Browning Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:59:37 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5243 What version of the OS are you running? What version of the OS are you running?

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5128 Jeff Browning Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:51:04 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5128 Are you actually holding down the + symbol? Are you actually holding down the + symbol?

]]> http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/#comment-5127 Jeff Browning Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:50:47 +0000 http://new.wjari.com/hackmac3/?p=8#comment-5127 Yes it is, you can find it in your Utilities folder within the Applications folder. Yes it is, you can find it in your Utilities folder within the Applications folder.

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