How do I find out a former owners password?

How do I get a former owners password to install software?

I booted my Tiger 10.4.11 in single user mode via holding down the command + s when powering on.
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
passwd user-name
# returned without asking for new password.
# ( did not work )
# ->Start up some utility processes that are needed.
sh /etc/rc
passwd user-name
# asked for new password.
# (worked).
So, the working of passwd has changed over time.
Robert

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