In case someone has a login loop with Mac Lion

Yesterday I had a login loop on my Mac Lion. I spent about 10 hours reading forums and interpretating the system logs, but nothing. Tried to log-in, then grey screen for a second, then back to the log-in screen.
So, in this scenario I managed to have it up and running again
The solution was to go to the recovery mode, that is after starting the MAC press CMD+R. There open a terminal and type resetpassword. A program will pop-up. There you have to activate the root account giving it a password.
After it, you have to let the Mac think you are missing the last step of the installation, following this guide http://www.hackmac.org/hacks/how-to-create-a-new-administrator-account/
Now, it's like you are brought to the very last step of a typical installation. Create an account and do whatever you want included to set (via the root user you activated before) the other login as automatic.
The key is to make one login automatic, maybe the old one to which you could not access.
Hope this will help someone!
p.s. this, obviously, shows how insecure a Mac is, I must sadly admit. Basically everyone can hack every account, even not knowing the password… or maybe I am wrong?
Fabio

Good tip!
p.s. this, obviously, shows how insecure a Mac is, I must sadly admit. Basically everyone can hack every account, even not knowing the password… or maybe I am wrong?
This is not only mac - basically full physical access = full access.
You wouldn't be able to open file vaults though.

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