How do i remove previous owners name

I just bought a used iBook G4,and I want to remove the previous owners name, how do I do it?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You can try the following:
Press the Cpmmand + s key during startup. This takes you to Single User Mode, where you will see a command line.
Type this when the command-line prompt (>) appears:
mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now
When the iBook restarts, you will be presented with the setup screen. This allows you to create a new account, being sure to give yourself administrative privileges. You can now use this new account and set it to log in automatically with this new account if you don't want to be bothered with the login screen every time you start up.
Good luck!

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