Forget Admin Password In Lion - Help!!!

I forgot my Admin Password... To reset it I was instructed to hold Command & "R" keys at the boot chime. Sometimes I can get into the utilities menu and sometimes I can't. Is there some trick to accessing the recovery mode? Am I holding down the keys to far before or after the chime? Or maybe during the boot chime? It's really annoying when I have to boot multiple times and still can't get the menu to come up. I know it worked before but blasted I can't get the menu to come up now.

Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC; then, restart holding down the COMMAND and the R keys until you get something on the screen. From there follow the instructions to reset your password. Once done, engrave it onto your eyeballs so you don't do that again.

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HT1338 how to reset my admin password on lion 10.7.3 ?

how to reset my admin password on lion 10.7.3 ?
and when i logged into the support communities , i've found some codes to write ; like
typing /sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
rm /var/db/ .applesetupdone
and that were written to be entered after loging in with the single user mode ( as described ) by pressing the "command" key with the "s" key
but the result were that i've lost the access unto the both standard accounts
please help i need to enter into my system i need to finish out my work urgently i dont have another computer
im now writting by using the "command" "r" and selecting safari help
please help me

There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to fully boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot from your recovery partition (10.7 or later), a local Time Machine backup volume (10.7.2 or later), or your installation disc (10.6.8 or earlier.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in the support article linked below, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
How to back up and restore your files
2. If you have a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode by holding down the key combination command-T at the startup chime. Connect the two Macs with a FireWire cable. The internal drive of the machine running in target mode will mount as an external drive on the other machine. Copy the data to another drive.
How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

I forget my password can you help me

I forget my password can you help me

Locked Out, Forgot Lock or Restrictions Passcode, Need to Restore Your Device: Alternative Solutions
    1. Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support
    2. Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
    3. About Restrictions (parental controls) on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
If all else fails: Place your device into recovery (DFU-Device Firmware Upgrade) mode:
Follow these steps to place your iOS device into recovery mode. If your iOS device is already in recovery mode, you can proceed immediately to step 6.
   1. Disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but leave the
       other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
   2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds
       until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
              * If you cannot turn off the device using the slider, press and hold the
                Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. When the device turns off,
                release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons.
3. While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the
       device. The device should turn on. Note: If you see the battery charge warning,
       let the device charge for at least ten minutes to ensure that the battery has some
       charge, and then start with step 2 again.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen.
       When this screen appears you can release the Home button:
5. If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the following "recovery mode" alert:
6. Use iTunes to restore the device.
If you don't see the "Connect to iTunes" screen, try these steps again. If you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen but the device does not appear in iTunes, see this article and its related links.
Note: When using recovery mode, you can only restore the device. All user content on the device will be erased, but if you had previously synced with iTunes on this computer, you can restore from a previous backup. See this article for more information.

HELP!! I Forgot My Admin Password in Lion!!!

I just changed my Admin Password earlier and can't remember it. How can I reset it in OS Lion?

Thank You! I actually remembered it anyway but your information is good to know in the future if I forget my Admin password.
I appreciate your help!!!

Final Cut server forgetting Admin password

I've been managing a Final Cut Server running on an Xserve for about 9 months now and awhile ago it developed a new bug. The computer itself forgets it's own admin password. All users are booted out and unable to log back in. I'm unable to use remote desktop to get either. If I'm already remoted in when this occurs I can't unlock any system preferences with the error that my password is wrong. Once we hard reboot the server the problem is gone and everything works as it should. This has occurs multiple times a day so you can imagine it is annoying and makes for grumpy end users. The server has been reformatted since this problem began but the final cut server database itself was just restored. Since we've reformatted the computer I assume the problem has to becoming from FCServer, which is why I'm posting here. Any ideas what could be causing this and how to solve it?

Nope, it OS X Server. FCSvr relies on the OS for all authentication. It doesn't do any itself. Never seen a system forget it's own Admin password. I'd have RAM and all hardware checked, even hard drives. Something is bad on the server, or you're being hacked.

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My friend has a G4 ibook with mac osx 10.3.8 installed, unfortunately he has forgotten his password and this prevents him from installing any software now. I have read the support pages from apple which state i should use the installation disc of the original mac os x. This has unfortunately been lost. I have tried with a newer installation disc "tiger" and this does not work. Can anyone help me.
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Alan....try the following.....
Reset Admin Password ..... using Terminal
1. Type.... passw < return>
2. It'll prompt for the...... “old password” <return>
3. Type..... “new password” <return>
4. Retype ...... “password” <return>
Changing the password in this way has the same effect as changing through "System Preferences".
Reset Admin Password .... using Single User Mode
Hold down (command+S) at startup, you will be presented with a black screen containing a bunch of code... this is called....... Single-User Mode
Type.....
sudo passwd username <return> ... or ...
/usr/bin/passwd username <return>
Type your already existing ..... “old password” <return>
Type in a new...... “password” and verify
Type... reboot <return>
george

Mountain Lion with OS X Server server.app is not recognizing my admin password, Mountain Lion with OS X Server server.app is not recognizing my admin password

Server.app 2.2 working for months will not recognize admin password. My internet connection went down, when I was abe to recover the connection my admin password no longer worked to open server.app. I checked the keychain and found "Mac OS X Server Administration: My Domain Name" the password save there it the same as the on I was entering. In even tryed to copy and paste, but ths Server.app rejects it. How do I get access to Server.app again?

If I save the page as a web archive and then open it MS Word - I see the following text at the bottom:
<div class="noscript"> To use wikis, enable JavaScript.</div>
JavaScript is enabled - via Tools / Internet Options / Security - the checkbox for Active Scripts is set to enabled.

I need to reset my admin password, no cd, help!

Hi community,
I recently had my faulty hard drive replaced and picked it up today. Luckily they were able to save my data but not my programs. To re-download them I need my password. I assumed it was my old password, but it's not accepting that?
I have been able to sign in with my apple id but I can't select the option that says 'allow user to reset password using apple id'.
I don't have the filevault thing on and I don't have the original Mac cd, I've lost it whilst moving or something?
Help!
Darbsielle

If you needed a password to download programs from the Mac App Store that may be a completely different password then you use to Logon to your Mac. Although it can be the same. Mine isn't
Resetting the password on your Mac will not help you with, or change, the password on the Mac App Store. That only resets the password for logging into and installing program on your Mac.
If when you said "I need to Download my Programs" you REALLY Meant I Need To Install my Programs to the Mac then yes resetting the system password will help with that.
Download and Install are Two Totally Different things. But like a lot of computer users they don't distinguish the difference between the two terms. Maybe you are one of those. But they are different.

Reset admin password in lion

Hi I don't remember my administrator password and I am running Lion 10.7.3 on my Mac .
I have tried resetting through my apple id but that option is not available.
Any suggestion please?

Suggestions here: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/

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TS2811 What do you do if you forget a password? Please help!

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Unable to Change Admin Password

Hello,
Since our ECC system's Admin password has expired, I tried using Emergency user (SAP*) to set the things right. When I tried to reset the Admin Password using the option Security Provider --> User Management in Visual Admin, I got the error "Unable to change password !".
This is really hampering our development process as the deployment couldn't be done without the Admin password. Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Bala

Hi Bala,
Please try the following and hope it helps:
- deactivate sap*
- restart system
- goto url http://<server>:<port>/useradmin
- prompts that administrator password has expired, enter new password here
Regards
Srikishan

How to change a forgotten Admin password.

How do i change a forgotten Admin password.

Should be help here: OS X: Changing or resetting an account password (Snow Leopard and earlier) - Apple Support

Reset admin password in Weblogic 9.2

How do I reset the admin password in Weblogic 9.2?
I attempted to create a new user with the following:
java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount adminuser weblogic .
and renaming the boot.properties file, but the server does not start. I get the following error (after starting weblogic and entering in the newly created username/password):
<Jan 12, 2009 5:51:08 PM MST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server s
ubsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Auth
entication for user adminuser denied
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication for user admin user denied
I feel that I am missing something obvious to reset the admin password. Any help is appreciated

This is a very useful thread and definitely works. The above Python code is proper, only that Python requires indentation, and would not work otherwise.
The reason everyone seems to be having problems running this code is because the intentation is missing. See my modified code below. I have put in </tab> to indicate there indentation should be. Simply replace </tab> with an actual tab using Notepad++, Textpad or a similar text editor. I have also made a little modification as I could not get the username and password to display correctly with the above code. The code has complex path processing in function processBootFiles(rootPath, processFunc) which perhaps misses out on the main boot.properties file, even though its coded in.
The key is in getting this function to run explicitely: processFunc("./boot.properties"). Please check the paths for your wlst.sh/.cmd installation and ensure that you are currently in the directory with boot.properties file and run a command to call wlst & this script (call it wlsdecrypt.py) from that directory. This will work and indeed display the username & password :-)
<code>
#=============================================================================
# Jython Script for displaying de-crypted WebLogic boot.properties files
# To run, change to a WebLogic domain directory and execute:
# > /opt/weblogic/wlsadm/weblogic92/common/bin/wlst.sh ~/home/chordadm/wlsdecrypt.py (Unix)
# OR
# > C:\\bea\\weblogic92\\common\\bin\\wlst.cmd C:\\myscripts\\wlsdecrypt.py (Windows)
# Add parameter '-?' to the end of the command line to display more help
#=============================================================================
import os
from java.io import FileInputStream
from java.util import Properties
from weblogic.management import EncryptionHelper
from weblogic.security.service import SecurityManager
from weblogic.security.subject import SubjectManager
#=============================================================================
# Main
#=============================================================================
def main():
</tab>for arg in sys.argv:
</tab></tab>if arg.count(arg.strip()):
</tab></tab></tab>printUsageAndExit()
</tab>saltFilePath=os.path.join('security', 'SerializedSystemIni.dat')
</tab>if not os.path.exists(saltFilePath):
</tab></tab>print "Error: The script must be run from a WebLogic domain direcotry or a directory containing '%s'" % saltFilePath
</tab></tab>printUsageAndExit()
</tab>try:
</tab></tab>open(saltFilePath, 'r').close()
</tab>except IOError:
</tab></tab>print "Error: The file '%s' is not readable - check file permissions" % saltFilePath
</tab></tab>printUsageAndExit()
</tab>processBootFiles(os.curdir, descryptPropsFile)
#=============================================================================
# Decrypt (Note, to encrypt just use: EncryptionHelper.encrypt(text))
#=============================================================================
def decrypt(text):
</tab>getKernelIdMethod = SecurityManager.getDeclaredMethod('getKernelIdentity', None)
</tab>getKernelIdMethod.accessible=1
</tab>return EncryptionHelper.decrypt(text, getKernelIdMethod.invoke(SecurityManager, None))
#=============================================================================
# Process Boot Files
#=============================================================================
def processBootFiles(rootPath, processFunc):
</tab>if not os.path.isdir(rootPath):
</tab></tab>return
</tab>fileNames = os.listdir(rootPath)
</tab>for fileName in fileNames:
</tab></tab>path = os.path.join(rootPath, fileName)
</tab>if os.path.isfile(path):
</tab></tab>if fileName == 'boot.properties':
</tab></tab></tab>processFunc(path)
</tab></tab>elif os.path.isdir(path):
</tab></tab></tab>processBootFiles(path, processFunc)
</tab>processFunc("./boot.properties")
#=============================================================================
# Decrypt Props File
#=============================================================================
def descryptPropsFile(filepath):
</tab>print
</tab>print '----- Decrypting %s -----' % filepath
</tab>try:
</tab></tab>properties = Properties()
</tab></tab>file = FileInputStream(filepath)
</tab></tab>properties.load(file)
</tab></tab>file.close()
</tab></tab>for entry in properties.entrySet():
</tab></tab></tab>print '%s = %s' % (entry.key.strip(), java.lang.String(decrypt(entry.value.strip())))
</tab>except IOError:
</tab></tab>print "Error: Unable to read file '%s' - check file permissions" % filepath
</tab></tab>print
#=============================================================================
# Print Usage And Exit
#=============================================================================
def printUsageAndExit():
</tab>print
</tab>print 'wlsdecrypt.py'
</tab>print '-------------'
</tab>print
</tab>print "Jython Script for displaying de-crypted boot.properties files from a WebLogic domain. Before running the script, change directory to the directory that contains a WebLogic domain (or a directory containing 'security/SerializedSystemIni.dat' and one or more associated 'boot.properties' files). Run this script via WLST or directly via the Java/Jython launch command (the latter option requires both 'jython.jar' and 'weblogic.jar' to be added to the classpath)."
</tab>print
</tab>print 'Example Usage:'
</tab>print
</tab>print '> /opt/weblogic/wlsadm/weblogic92/common/bin/wlst.sh ~/home/chordadm/wlsdecrypt.py (Unix)'
</tab>print
</tab>print '> C:\\bea\\weblogic92\\common\\bin</tab>wlst.cmd C:\\myscripts wlsdecrypt.py (Windows)'
</tab>print
</tab>exit()
# Invoke main and end
main()
</code>
Enjoy,
Swapnil Kashyap

What should I do if i forget my password?

i forget my password,
anyone can help me?

Try to remember really hard... because if you don't, you will have to restore your phone from the last backup to clear it.

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