Change password without cd or any other information

please help me changing my admin password for mak 10.6 , without cd

You can try the following. You should buy a Snow Leopard DVD in case you ever need it:
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
How to change your username and/or password from the Terminal
1. Boot into single-user or verbose mode
2. At the prompt enter the following commands. Press RETURN after each:
fsck -fy
mount -uw /
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
dscl . -passwd /Users/username password
Replace username with the targeted user and password with
the desired password.
Reboot
This allows you to reset the password in single user mode without booting from the install media. The above tip is attributed to Satcomer.
You will need the username of the extant account. This will be the name of the /Users/user_name/ folder. In the Terminal you can get a directory listing with the command:
ls -al /Users

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