Another Admin changed to Standard

I'm darned good with computers, but for the life of me, I can't get the directions posted http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306876 here to make any sense. When I boot my MacBook with the Leopard CD, I am not given a Utilities option. When I go to the Utilities area via Finder, I only see the option to change the password on my standard account name (my name).
Am I missing something here? I'm finding step 3 extremely confusing. Thanks.

When you boot the DVD, and the Leopard installer splash screen shows up, there is a menu at the top of the screen. One of the menu items is "Utilities," and you can select the right utility from there.
It's not entirely obvious, but it's certainly there.

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My admin status has been changed to standard after the yosemite software update,now i have no admin and can't tso anything as before doing anything it asks for admin username and password,which i don't know as there is no admin!

admin status changed to standard,currently no admin,what to do!?

Please take these steps to restore administrator privileges to your account. This somewhat tedious procedure is only necessary if you've confirmed that no administrator account exists on the system.
If you don't already have a current backup of all your data, you must back up before taking any of the steps below. Ask if you need guidance. You won't need the backup unless something goes wrong—which is always possible.
Step 1
Start up in Recovery mode. The OS X Utilities screen will appear.
Step 2
Take this step only if you use FileVault 2. Launch Disk Utility, then select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main screen.
Step 3
Select
          Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. In the window that opens, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window opens. Select your startup volume if not already selected. Pull down the menu labeled
          Select the user account
and select
          System Administrator (root)
Follow the prompts to set a password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9. I suggest you write down the password. If you don't write it down and forget it, you'll have to start over from Step 1.
Select
           ▹ Restart...
from the menu bar.
Step 4
This step, like Step 2, applies only if you use FileVault. Log in as usual, then select
           ▹ Log Out...
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-Q. Don't restart. You'll be returned to the login screen.
Step 5
At the login screen, click Other... Enter "root" (without the quotes) in the Name field, and enter the password you set in Step 3 in the Password field. You should now be logged in as root. This is a potentially dangerous condition. Do nothing while logged in as root except as indicated below. You'll be fine as long as you don't deviate from the plan.
Open the Users & Groups preference pane. Select your usual administrator account in the list of users and check the box marked
          Allow user to administer this computer
You'll be prompted to restart. Do that and log in as yourself—not as root. Your administrator status should now be restored.
Step 6 (optional, but recommended)
Follow the instructions in this support article under the heading "Disable the root user." You must authenticate in Directory Utility as "root" with the password you set in Step 3. Authenticating as another administrator won't work.
Credit for this idea to ASC member wessongroup.

How i can change to standard user, an admin user

Hi,
How I can change to standard user an admin user, if the check box can not be unchecked.
I have opened the lock to allow for future changes.
I have more than one admin user.
As root user, I can't do it.
Thanks.

Hi,
I have, but looks the same, unable to change.
I finally decided to create a new standard user and delete this.
Thanks for the support.

Admin Account unexpectedly changed to Standard in OS X 10.4.11

After installing iPod Touch upgrade and new iPod shuffle, my admin account on iMac G5 power pc running 10.4.11 has been changed to standard, and I have no Admin account. I have seen postings on this related to Leopard, but I have not upgraded to Leopard. iMac is current on all updates for current OS.
I am currently backing up - please help.

Click here and follow the instructions.
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Windows 7 Elevating using UAC, does not change the standard users setting, it runs the Admins settings

When elevating privilege for a standard user using an admin account, the UAC runs the application under the admins account "user" and not the standard users account "user", the problem is that doing so, it does not change the standard
users settings
In this example, trying to change the "Check for Updates Automatically" as the standard user, is grayed out, you have to be an admin to change this. This is a design of Java.
When you right click and run as an administrator, the option is no longer grayed out and can be deselected, however, this only changes that setting for the admins specific "user", not the standard users specific "user" the admin is elevating
privilege for. as illustrated below.
Is there a work around for an admin to run his credentials but elevate the standard users session instead of his own or some other way to set the standard users setting when admin credentials are required?

Hi,
Based on your description, I understand that you want to disable
Check for Updates Automatically option for standard users in Java.
You can achieve this target by editing
EnableJavaUpdate registry entry. For more details, please refer to following articles and check if can help you.
(Please back up before that registry operation. That will help us to avoid unexpected issues.)
How to disable Java Update in Windows
7
Disable Java updates with
Group Policy
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft
does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
However, this issue is related to Java product. I suggest that you should contact with Java product support.
I believe we will get a better assistance there.
If anything I misunderstand or any update, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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Need to Change the Standard.joboptions on Acrobat 8.0

We are a Citrix/Terminal Server shop and have clients using Acrobat 8.0 on the server under their citrix session and they need to have the default resolution of the created PDF to change for everyone on the server from 600 dpi to 300 dpi.
When I try to do this in the printer setup for Acrobat it tells me that I can't edit the Standard.joboptions file and save it over itself. I then tried to manually edit the file with Notepad and it is still showing 600 dpi when I look at the Standard settings.
I also changed the Standard and set it as 300 dpi and saved it as a different name in the "Settings" folder and when I try to choose it in the drop down list of settings files I don't see that one.
Am I missing something? How can I set the default resolution to 300?
Thanks,
Jason

I don't see how to do that. Is there a document or online resource to help with that?
Like I said, I saved the changes to another file but then do not see a way to specify that new file as the 'default'.
Thanks,
Jason

Accessing files in another Admin users home directory?

In another topic thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=798797&tstart=0
I've posted how I somehow hosed my first Admin account, which was, foolishly, my primary working account.
I've tried several things documented in the other thread to try to get back into the system under that login name, but with no luck. I created another Admin user, and tried using the Terminal window to creat a disk image of the original admin user home directories, but it failed with input/output error at reading a DMG file on the desktop.
I've tried to access those folders via the new admin, but can't get in, says I don't have sufficient priveledges.
Is there a way to change the priveledges for those folders, from single user, or current Admin terminal window? I have the password, so it's not like I'm trying to break in to someone else's files without permission.
I've got some not-yet-backed photos and other files in the original account I need.
Am I just screwed?

Did you enable the root account on the system using
NetInfo Manager ?
Not sure what that is. I'll check it out.
Have you considered using the OSX boot disc to reset
the admin account password ?
I do need to try booting from the cd, however, it doesn't appear to be a password issue - the password is accepted at the login prompt, a bad password typed in intentionally vibrates the box, the good password doesn't. Running admin utilities from the guest account with the ailing admin account name and password works. Still, it's worth a shot.

Change of Standard Currency Translation Logic

Hello everybody,
I need to achieve special goal to for a user request:
In a BPC planning application using version 5 MS I would like to import data from another data source and perform a currency translation from LC to RC. The application is NOT set-up as a YTD application, as the planners should be able to input data on a periodic basis (i.e. month). So the default currency tranlation would take the LC amount from one month and multiply it with the rate for this month giving the amount in RC.
I need to change the FX trans logic in a way that the LC amounts are summed up first and then the multiplication with the last FX rate is taken, i.e. similar to a YTD consolidation application. I do not want to change the existing appl into a YTD-appl as monthly input is needed.
Therefore I need to change the standard FX trans logic from, let's say, "multiply each monthLC value by FX rate and then build the YTD value" into "sum-up each month LC value giving YTD LC value and then multiply by FX rate of the last month".
Can I achieve that by tweaking the standard FX logic or do I need to set-up a certain FX Business Rule? Do I need a new measure ? How would the coding look like ?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Wolfgang

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Cannot unlock to make admin changes

Ever since installing Lion, my MBP has been very slow and I cannot make any admin changes. In any event where admin privileges are needed, I hit the padlock on the bottom left of the window. It asks for my password. I enter it and it accepts, but the padlock is still locked. . . My username is listed as "Admin" in the users list. I can't add another user because I cant unlock that privilege. I've verified and repaired disk permissions and verified disk with no errors. The installation of Lion was on a clean Hard drive, not an upgrade. Considering going back to SL at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Back up all data, then boot from your recovery partition (command-R at startup) and reinstall the Mac OS. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac didn’t ship with Lion, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.

After loading the latest Aperture 3 update, aperture will not load and it appears to have corrupted 10.6. 10.6.7 now appears to be missing from the computer and my administrator status has changed to standard.

After loading the latest Aperture 3 update, aperture will not load and it appears to have corrupted 10.6.7. and now appears to be missing from the computer and my administrator status has changed to standard. Update Software says I need to do update to 10.6.7 which I can't do because administrator privileges are gone. I didn't back-up with Time Machine ,BAD, but I have all files backed-up on another hard drive. Should I just reformat and start over? Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

PROBLEM SOLVED! For me at least!
Apple Support gave me the clue - I had run Migration Assistant, and it had obligingly replaced a system file (/Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager) with the equivalent from my old system.
I reinstalled 10.6.7 using the DVD supplied and all is well.
The moral is - don't use Migration Assistant.
Along the way Apple Support provided me with a link to download Combo update 10.6.7: this could not be installed on my iMac.
Hope this helps.

Admin accounts now standard

I have a MacBook Pro that overnight changed all the admin accounts to standard user account including the ROOT account. I even followed the instructions in the apple article TS1278 but it still leaves the root account as an admin. Other than performing a reinstall, is there anything else that can be done.

Hi,
I've to revamp this discussion to clearify few doubts about V.K.'s procedure
I've read the procedure at this link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7747478
I've to ask something to you V.K.:
1) Sorry but English is not my mother-language so... I can't completely understand this part of your post:
+"If you can't get rid of errors do not proceed with other commands and enter+
reboot
+This will reboot the computer. Post back. "+
Do you mean that if I NOT get errors message I've to reboot the computer and reapeat the "fsck -fy" procedure or I've to reboot anyway and checking again the disk?
2) When you talk about recreating the Administrator Group, if I have more then a user (for istance: A and B), but I want only 1 admin (A), I'll digit only the unix command about user A, is it right?
Will it not cause any problem to user B? Will it still remain a standard user?
Thanks for any response to my questions,
Matteo
Message was edited by: Macteo

OS X server Admin accounts turned Standard

i am running 10.8.5 server on a mac pro. I tried to login to my OD server and found that all of the admin accounts were changed to Standard. I logged into root to try and fix it but that would let me log in but not change any of the accounts to admin.

Do you have a question?

Is it possible to see subcription which another admin had create.

I am also an adminn. (Can I change the settings for subscription of another admin?)
Furthermore I want to copy the subcriptions of one owner and I want to paste these subcriptions to another owner... is this possible?

Hi Marcel,
you can use the <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm50/helpdata/en/eb/3cb8412b1ee034e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm">Cleaning Up Subscriptions Report</a> in order to view all subscriptions, to replace one owner with another and to delete subscription.
Hope this helps,
Robert
PS: If you open a thread like <a href="https://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=197338">this one</a>, please make sure you come back, give feedback or reward points and close the thread, as mentioned by Craig in [url=https://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=117176&tstart=0]The Rules of Engagement[/url]

Why it returns ERROR after I changed some Standard Reports output to XML?

Our EBS is a 11.5.10 CU2 instance.
We just upgrated the XML Publisher to 5.6.1 and did all the work described in section "Post-install Steps" of "About Oracle XML Publisher 5.6.1"(Doc ID: Note:357308.1)
Now we are do the testing.
I changed the Standard Report "Journals - General (132 Char)" output type to XML, then ran it.
It returns ERROR
Logs is as flows:
General Ledger: Version : 11.5.0 - Development
Copyright (c) 1979, 1999, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
GLGENJRN module: Journals - General(132 Char)
Current system time is 25-AUG-2006 11:39:25
+-----------------------------
| Starting concurrent program execution...
+-----------------------------
Arguments
P_SET_OF_BOOKS_ID='1001'
P_KIND='L'
P_POSTING_STATUS='U'
P_CURRENCY_CODE='CNY'
P_PERIOD_NAME='AUG-06'
P_PAGESIZE='132'
XML_REPORTS_XENVIRONMENT is :
/global/d01/applprod/oracle/prodora/8.0.6/guicommon6/tk60/admin/Tk2Motif_UTF8.rgb
XENVIRONMENT is set to /global/d01/applprod/oracle/prodora/8.0.6/guicommon6/tk60/admin/Tk2Motif_UTF8.rgb
Current NLS_LANG and NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS Environment Variables are :
AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8
REP-1401: 'beforereport': Fatal PL/SQL error occurred.
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
Report Builder: Release 6.0.8.25.0 - Production on Fri Aug 25 11:39:26 2006
(c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Enter Username:
Start of log messages from FND_FILE
End of log messages from FND_FILE
Program exited with status 1
Concurrent Manager encountered an error while running Oracle*Report for your concurrent request 301650.
Review your concurrent request log and/or report output file for more detailed information.
Executing request completion options...
Finished executing request completion options.
Concurrent request completed
Current system time is 25-AUG-2006 11:39:27
Anybody know why?
Thanks!

Hi,
The log file says that the RDF report actually errored out
and its not a problem in XML Publisher.
REP-1401: 'beforereport': Fatal PL/SQL error occurred.
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
what you can do to debug is change the output type to text and run the report.
See, if the report runs successfully. I guess, there might be some problem with the report itself.
If the text report runs fine, change the output type to xml and run it.
Hope it helps

Resetting admin password using another admin password

How do I reset an admin password on the imac from another user who is also an admin?

Hello, Keugantic.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here are the steps that will walk you through changing an admin account password using another admin account.
Resetting a user's password using an administrator account
Important: Passwords for administrator accounts should not be blank.
Log in with an administrator account. Tip: If you don't know the password of any administrator accounts, see "Resetting the original administrator account password" below.
From the Apple menu choose System Preferences.
From the View menu choose Users & Groups.
Click the lock button if it appears locked; enter the administrator password.
Select the name of the user whose password you want to change.
Click the Reset Password button or the Change Password button.
Enter a new password in both the New Password and Verify fields, and add a Password Hint if desired.
Click the Reset Password button or the Change Password button.
OS X: Changing or resetting an account password
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274
Cheers,
Jason H.

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