Where is Terminal on admin account?

I need to correct custom permissions. I understand that to do that, I must enter certain commands into Terminal. But when I enter admin account, I do not see "Terminal."

Try again.
Do you have Terminal in other accounts?
Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal

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Does disabling specific OS functionality in Terminal with Admin account affect standard users too?

Hello,
I am performing some security enhanacements and had a question:
Is it safe to assume that any service-disabling Terminal command that I enter under my Admin account will affect all standard users as well? I other words, any string that includes "System/Library/LaunchDaemon..." etc will affect all standard users too, right? I am presuming that if the services I am disabling were only for individual user logins, the string would start with 'user' and not 'system.' Is this correct?
I disabled all that I wanted under my Admin account, but am wondering if I need to do the same for each standard account too (which would pose a problem because the standard accounts don't have 'sudoer' access) . . .
Thanks!

any string that includes "System/Library/LaunchDaemon..." etc will affect all standard users too, right?
Yes. I suggest you make yourself completely familiar with the OS X startup process before you start making changes.
Technical Note TN2083: Daemons and Agents

Where is my Admin account? Account Preferences is blank. HELP!!

I've been having problems with starting up my G4 iBook lately.
Upon booting up, it automatically asks me to log into my non-admin account. My Administrator account is missing from the log in screen!
When I go to System Preferences > Accounts, it says it's "Loading accounts" and then my Accounts screen is blank!
I'd like to Repair Permissions in Disk Utillity however I'm unable to since only the Administrator account can do that.
Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory???
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
You can also repair permissions from there... at least some.

Having Admin Account problem

I recently joined the Adobe Creative Cloud and downloaded many of the applications I use. Some of those applications will not open and in working with an Adobe service rep we discovered that it has something to do with my current Admin Account. I've also used Disk Utility and repaired permissions (from the install CD). I don't know how to correct this problem. I still have CS5 versions of my applications and they all work. Will doing a OS Recovery be a solution? If I did reimage my system and restored my files from timemachine wouldn't my admin problem follow me?
Don't know what to do next, so any advise would be appreciated.

Disk Utility does not repair permissions in a user's account. It would be helpful if you had a clue as to what is supposedly the problem with your admin account.
Have you tried creating a new user account, logging into the new account, and running these programs? Do you know if these programs are supposed to run on a Mac? Might they be Windows programs?
At present I don't know what help we can be. I can tell you how to reset permissions on your admin account for what that is worth:
Reset User Permissions and ACLs in Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
From the Utilities menu select Terminal. At the Terminal prompt enter: resetpassword. Press RETURN. When the window opens select your startup drive where it says "Select the volume containing the user account:" At the bottom of the window you will see, "Reset Home folder permissions and ACLs." Click on the Reset button.
You cannot repair permissions in Lion from an installer disc. You need to do the following:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

Cannot Run Scans in non-admin account...

So, mymain accounton my Mac is not an administrator for security reasons, which is not a concern normally. When I need to install something or perform a fucntion that requires admin privileges, I am prompted for the account name and passwor. However, when I try to run a scan in OSX,. I am merely told that I need to be an administrator, but there is no prompt. Is there a way I can enable a prompt for admin credentials so I can run this scan with the proper permissions, other than making my account an admin or logging into the admin account separately? Many thanks in advance

Did some research on this the other day, to see if i could get Software Update to run in the middle of the night like Windows can do.
Software Update requires Root powers, so when you give it your Admin Password your opening a sudo window of 5 minutes for it to complete it's task.
Software Update doesn't check for updates while in Standard User becuase Standard Users supposedly can't do anything about it anyway and it would be a obvious distraction. "Mommy the computer....!!!"
Apple should have a option in Software update preferences to let certain Standard Users know a Software Update is ready just for the purpose your explaining. I run in Standard as well.
I ran some Software Update commands via the Terminal for a launchd just to see what I could do.
Apprantly one can DOWNLOAD updates automatically with launchd in Admin, but not install them because of the need for sudo.
I just misssed a perfect opoortunity (todays update) to run a launchd to do automatic downloads of Software update, then see how to go about installing them afterwards. So fsck me, I'll have to wait now. (unless i use my other machine! ahhh!!)
Anyway the program you want is this little gem: Lingon
it's on Sourceforge (grab the image)
Ok so that takes care of the Software update downloads (man softwareupdate in Terminal for commands)
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --download --all
Will do the automatic downloads, now it's just a script away to let you know ( a nice pop up window) that you have something in your folder where the Software Update just downloaded into.
That's the next question is where that is and how to run it.

Run software update in non-admin account?

I did some searching through past posts, but the most recent one I found was several years old.
Is there any way to run Software Update automatically in a non-admin account? I run in a non-admin account unless there's some task that really needs admin privileges to complete, for security purposes, but having Software Update not run automatically is rather suboptimal for security.
So, is there any way to get Software Update to check for updates automatically from a non-admin account? (I'm not averse to using the crontab or launchd, if necessary—I've never done it before, but given instructions, I'm sure I could figure it out.
Thanks in advance!

Did some research on this the other day, to see if i could get Software Update to run in the middle of the night like Windows can do.
Software Update requires Root powers, so when you give it your Admin Password your opening a sudo window of 5 minutes for it to complete it's task.
Software Update doesn't check for updates while in Standard User becuase Standard Users supposedly can't do anything about it anyway and it would be a obvious distraction. "Mommy the computer....!!!"
Apple should have a option in Software update preferences to let certain Standard Users know a Software Update is ready just for the purpose your explaining. I run in Standard as well.
I ran some Software Update commands via the Terminal for a launchd just to see what I could do.
Apprantly one can DOWNLOAD updates automatically with launchd in Admin, but not install them because of the need for sudo.
I just misssed a perfect opoortunity (todays update) to run a launchd to do automatic downloads of Software update, then see how to go about installing them afterwards. So fsck me, I'll have to wait now. (unless i use my other machine! ahhh!!)
Anyway the program you want is this little gem: Lingon
it's on Sourceforge (grab the image)
Ok so that takes care of the Software update downloads (man softwareupdate in Terminal for commands)
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --download --all
Will do the automatic downloads, now it's just a script away to let you know ( a nice pop up window) that you have something in your folder where the Software Update just downloaded into.
That's the next question is where that is and how to run it.

Dashboard Doesn't Work In User/Non-Admin Account

While Dashboard works in my Admin. account, it doesn't consistently work in the user accounts. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. If it is there it is probably because of something I have fiddled around with in the accounts and parental controls but I can't remeber what I did!
Clicking to activate dashboard produces nothing and dragging icons to the desktop (after clicking the + sign) gives nothing. (blurriness/waves, then blank..)
I have tried repairing permissions and deleting various .plist files as suggested on the forums but to no use. What should I do?
iMac G5 iSight Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I have precisely the same problem as the poster. DB works in admin and not in non admin. The permissions were ok. I had not tried deleting plists. I did download another widget and then without seeming to have done anything apposite it worked. Now after restarts and close down no go in non admin.
I have by the way got all the widgets in the HD Library so as I am told they are available to all users.
As for the reference to parental controls, 'dashboard.app' can only be got to through the 'locate' button and when I try that the message is that the app won't work under the restrictions on the non admin. He is set to be forbidden some apps like Apple script and Terminal. He does not have full access to the system prefs, or ibnstaller, what I think are sensible erstrictions. So what facilities does 'dashboard.app' require? Can't find info in the KB.
Incidentally when I try another posters recommendations to kill dashboard processes in Activity monitor the processes merely pop up again under a different PID. They are all running under the admin user where I performed this action. Must I effectively have to try AM under the 'faulty' non admin to test the Activity Monitor kill? That still leaves the issue of the facilities needed by dashboard to run under the non admin.
After all what need should there be for dashboard in an admin account. Its 'proper' use is the 'normal' account, in this case a non admin.

(Yosemite) Admin account woes after upgrading this weekend.

Hi,
I seem to have got myself in a little bother on my Mid-2007 iMac Core 2 Extreme after upgrading to Yosemite this weekend.
Since about Tiger I've had two accounts on this Mac, an admin and a daily use account. My wife and I share the daily use (1), with the admin account (4) only logged in to when sudo won't do.
It seemed clear to me with iOS8 and Yosemite that it was going to be better to align AppleIDs with user accounts so I created a new account for my daughter with her AppleID (2) and a new one for me with my other AppleID (3) (an old MobileMe account) however perhaps in error I used the alias address from the MobileMe account. I couldn't log in with it at all and can't work out how to change which AppleID email address is used with that OS X account. Then I noticed that my original Admin account (4) was a Standard User and now I'm in a position where the only Admin account on this machine has never been logged-in to and won't work - presumably because I used an alias rather than the primary address.
I've gone through Recovery Disk > Terminal > reset password > but that doesn't seem to work - perhaps because it's an AppleID OS X user rather than a local user(?)
Does anyone have any ideas how I should go about recovering from this?
Failing all, should I hit restore in Time Machine; it hasn't taken a backup since before the upgrade (I've disconnected the TimeCapsule to make sure) - anyway most of our recently changed files from the last two weeks will be safely on Dropbox/Photo stream.
Many thanks
mrtotes

Solution
After several further hours pondering/Googling:
1. Boot into Single User Mode
2. Type: mount - uw (sets write access on drive)
3. Type: rm /var/db/ .AppleSetupDone (removes the file that tells the iMac that setup is done
4. Exit
Upon rebooting the Setup app started so I was able to create a temporary Admin user and correct
my errors.
Regards,
mrtotes
P.S. Now looking at Firmware Password given how easy that was once I knew now.

Admin account gone

Here's the situation… stick with me
1) I had two user accounts: one standard, one admin. I had "hidden" the admin account from prying eyes using some Terminal commands (see here if you're interested: http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1228912)
2) some months later, I enabled the Open Firmware Password (hence, I can no longer boot into single user mode, boot from CD, etc)
3) at some point, I inadvertently reinstalled OS X (don't ask… or do, I'll explain if necessary)
4) when logging in, I ONLY have my standard account. My hidden admin account seems to be gone. OS X won't even accept the login/pwd when attempting to execute admin-only commands from within the standard account
With the combo of no admin access/enabled Open Firmward Password, I can't even get to the point where I can do a clean install on the machine (where I would then restore from Time Machine). I'm really stuck… any advice?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/9015.html
"If you are unfortunate enough to delete your only admin user, or remove his admin capability, then as long as you have another user with login capability, you can give that user admin rights as shown below. You can then re-create the original user or reinstate the admin capability using NetInfo Manager.
Print this post out in a mono-spaced font, and type carefully, paying attention to spaces and punctuation, since you cannot copy/paste in Single User mode.
Caution: in single user mode you have root privileges. Be careful! Substitute the name of 'youruser' below.
Boot into single user mode (Command-S) at startup which will eventually get you a shell prompt (ending in #). Then type the following
*fsck -fy*
Repeat the above until it says your disk is OK. Then continue with
*mount -uw /*
*nicl -raw /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -merge /groups/admin users youruser*
f you get a message saying "invalid path", then type these two commands first:
*nicl -raw /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -create /groups/admin gid 80*
*nicl -raw /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -create /groups/admin passwd ''
and then repeat the "nicl ... -merge" command. Then:
reboot
You will now be able to login as 'youruser' and have administrative privileges.
Membership of the 'admin' group is the only thing that distinguishes administrative users from ordinary users"
-mj
Message was edited by: macjack because my formatting got all messed up.

My MacBook Pro (mid 2010) won't startup correctly in my admin account, but works fine if I use the guest account...

My MacBook Pro (mid-2010) suddenly stopped working when I was overseas, but I managed to fix it when I returned back to the States after I reformatted and erased the disk, then installed Yosemite. I lost most of my files but didn't really care, though I noticed that some pictures from iPhoto had survived and were in the Trash folder.
I thought I could copy/paste them back into iPhoto, but it wouldn't let me since they were still in the trash. I started getting an error message for EACH PICTURE saying it couldn't be copied because it was in the trash, and when I realized that I'd have to click "ok" 644 times (once for each picture), I tried to restart, then shut down, and eventually forced a shut down by holding down the power button. This is where the problem started...
After trying to startup again, I was able to login to my admin account, and the desktop image would load, but I'd get the spinning rainbow wheel and the computer would remain frozen like that from then on. I tried to repair the disk (there was nothing wrong), and even re-installed the operating system again, but still the problem persists. BUT, if I login with my guest account, everything works fine.
I'm guessing it has something to do with it somehow being frozen on those error messages for those 600+ pictures, but I have no idea how to fix/unfreeze it. Any tips or suggestions?

mozak wrote:
Can the use of SATA3 instead of SATA2 hdd lead to some issues with my macbook?
I can try to find and buy new SATA2 sdd hdd but they are expensive and I'm not sure it will fix the restarting issue.
SATA3 is backwards compatible with SATA2. That is not likely to be your problem.
Based on what you have done, I suggest a reinstall of the OSX.
Ciao.

Access to Resources via Non-admin accounts

Is there any way to provide access to resources so that they are accessible via
non-admin accounts. For e.g. to Retrieve my JMSConnectionfactory i do a
Environment env = new Environment();
env.setProviderUrl(url);
env.setSecurityPrincipal(username);
env.setSecurityCredentials(password);
Context ctx = env.getInitialContext();
The username and password here is the admin account. This works fine but if i
use a non-admin account(member of Operators group), i get exceptions on Domainloghandler
runtime
Problem: I need to register a mbean that needs to access JMS Resources. Since
our deployment team doesnt want to provide us access to admin accounts, we use
a "operators" group account to register our mbeans. if i do this, i get a
Access not Allowed for subject:principals=[operator, Operators], on ResourceType:
DomainLogHandlerRuntime Action: execute Target: registerToMe.
This happens when my managed resource tries to access a JMS ConnectionFactory.
Instead if i register my mbeans using the admin account, everything is fine and
my managed resource works nice.
This is on weblogic 81 SP1 on Solaris. Please let me know if you need more details.
Any clues/hints/solutions greatly appreciated. There is not a lot of documentation
on how to access/register mbeans using non-admin accounts.
TIA
Raj

I have done some more debugging on this and have narrowed down the issue to the
location where my initialcontext is being obtained.
so if i register my mbean as a non-admin account and do an operation on the managed
resource which fetches initial context, i get the below exception. This is how
i get my initialcontext
weblogic.jndi.Environment env = new weblogic.jndi.Environment();
env.setProviderURL("t3://machine:8102,machine:8103");
env.setSecurityPrincipal("operator");
env.setSecurityCredentials("operator");
Context ctx = env.getInitialContext();
I am doing this from a mbean thats registered on a different managed server(t3://machine:8101)...
Whats wrong with this?
TIA
Raj
"Raj" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Is there any way to provide access to resources so that they are accessible
via
non-admin accounts. For e.g. to Retrieve my JMSConnectionfactory i do
a
Environment env = new Environment();
env.setProviderUrl(url);
env.setSecurityPrincipal(username);
env.setSecurityCredentials(password);
Context ctx = env.getInitialContext();
The username and password here is the admin account. This works fine
but if i
use a non-admin account(member of Operators group), i get exceptions
on Domainloghandler
runtime
Problem: I need to register a mbean that needs to access JMS Resources.
Since
our deployment team doesnt want to provide us access to admin accounts,
we use
a "operators" group account to register our mbeans. if i do this, i get
a
Access not Allowed for subject:principals=[operator, Operators], on ResourceType:
DomainLogHandlerRuntime Action: execute Target: registerToMe.
This happens when my managed resource tries to access a JMS ConnectionFactory.
Instead if i register my mbeans using the admin account, everything is
fine and
my managed resource works nice.
This is on weblogic 81 SP1 on Solaris. Please let me know if you need
more details.
Any clues/hints/solutions greatly appreciated. There is not a lot of
documentation
on how to access/register mbeans using non-admin accounts.
TIA
Raj

Photoshop launches in Admin account but not in User account??

My 2007 Mac Pro is working fine. Just installed 10.6.7 on freshly wiped HD in Bay #2. Used the migration feature to bring over everything from drive in Bay #1 (which runs 10.5.8). After that: Photoshop CS5 will not launch (on either drive) under the regular user account. Throws 2 messages as follows: "Cannot find scratch disk because disk is unavailable." Then: "Cannot initialize because disk is unavailable."
But - just logged in on my Admin account on the Snow Leopard drive. I then tried (for the first time ever, I think) to launch PS CS5 just to see what would happen. The app launched normally!
This after:
1. using Adobe uninstaller to remove "original" install of PS CS5 from the Snow Leopard drive. Then reinstalling. (first reinstall of THREE). This did not work to make the app launch, still got above messages.
2. Ran permission repairs (I know - you don't have ta tell me.)
3. Ran DiskWarrior - applied new directory to both Leopard and Snow Leopard drives.
4. I then called Adobe support. Let the agent connect to my desktop from where he did another un-install & re-install using downloaded Adobe utility app. (A guy in India ran my Mac Pro in Michigan for 30 minutes while I sat there, entering Admin password when needed for the operations. Amazing.) He also performed Adobe diagnostics. All without success (on the User account).
After that, he gave up and arranged for a higher level agent to call me tomorrow (Wed. 4/13).
5. Adding: during the above Adobe effort, it came to me that I have too many versions of Photoshop. (I had CS, CS3, CS 4 and CS 5.) So - I systematically removed all versions except the original CS from both the Leopard and Snow Leopard drives. I used AppDelete for this removal, hoping to get all pref files, etc. I even deleted an old version of Acrobat - just because I no longer need it. Then I ran DiskWarrior again and used PreferentialTreatment to check for bad prefs: then again installed CS 5 again - on both drives. (Still working in my normal User account.)
6. Adding: all along, I had no trouble launching and using Photoshop Elements 8 on either drive. I had originally set the PSE scratch disk to my RAID storage drives (Bay #3 & #4). So I was sure by then that I had forgotten to apply the same designation for scratch disk of Photoshop CS5. This was the only variable or possibility I knew of at the time. Guessing: I had set CS 5 to use the drive I wiped clean for Snow Leopard and that's why it came up with: "drive not available."
Repeating: it was not until I logged into my Admin account on the Snow Leopard drive and found I could launch Photoshop from that account that I decided to check in here with my question:
Q. What is the remedy for having one account which won't allow launch for some (in this case, just ONE) apps?
Sorry to be long-winded: this was a major, day-long effort and I want to provide a complete picture of what was done to trouble shoot. Thanks in advance for any help.

1. Standard procedure is to do all but a few operations from Standard User accounts: which I have always done. All software installations have been from my original Standard User account.
Actually, most people use their admin accounts for things like installs, and some apps may not be installable from a standard account or may not function properly there, unless they can authenticate to admin privileges to install things in places standard users don't have access.
several complete uninstalls followed by an equal number of reinstalls FROM the original CS 5 install disk made no difference: when in the Standard User account. CS 5 DOES work under the Admin account on the new Snow Leopard installation (on Bootable Drive #2).
That matches with my experiences with Photoshop Elements... it only works if you've got admin privileges, unless you figure out what items are inaccessible from a standard user account and change their permissions.
I'm sure most experienced users would say that sticking with a Regular User account for daily operations is best.
In reality, that's not as prevalent as it probably should be. In part, that may be because of other software that similarly doesn't run on a standard account. In addition, running on an admin account really isn't as much of a risk as it might seem. I finally gave up years ago on using a standard account, and have never had a problem as a result of using an admin account for day-to-day operations. The stuff you can least afford to lose - ie, your documents - you have full access rights to in a standard account anyway, making your data no safer. It's easier to bork the system in an admin account, but the system is easily replaced.
I have seen (here and elsewhere) that creating a new Reg User account is the remedy when something suddenly won't work
That is true, but it's not a magic wand. In this case, though, I don't think that's likely to help. You're welcome to try it, but I highly recommend doing so in a non-destructive way, so that you can easily switch back to your regular account if it doesn't work.

Have a Mini with "Default User" account. Can an admin account be created instead of using that?

I purchased an Early 2009 Mini on eBay. The seller reinstalled Leopard on it (that's what it came with) after erasing his stuff on it. He put "Default User" as the user name, but no password. He said for security that I should make an account with a password.
When I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I thought it would have an option to create a user name and password. It didn't. Can I make up another user account as the administration account; then use a third user account for documents, pics, etc. (not to disturb the admin account) and forget using the "Default User" account?
I really hate to take the time to erase and reinstall Leopard and Snow Leopard just to remove the "Default User" account.
Thanks.
silverado93

In order to create another account the account you are using needs to have admin privileges. Does it? If so you unlock the Accounts prefpane by clicking the lock in the lower left and entering the admin password (hence the reason the account you're using needs to be an administrator). Then you can create other accounts and click the checkbox for an account that says "Allow user to administer this computer".
Not you can change the admin password for an account by using booting from your installer disk.
Now having said all that are you currently in a state where you have a single account that is not an admin account?

How can I set up a new user account that has access to iPhoto data on Admin account?

I have set up a new user account for my son. I have set up his parental controls but I would like him to have access to the data in iPhoto and iTunes from the Admin account. I do allow him access to the applications with the parental controls, but they are empty. Thanks for your help!

Is your regular user an Admin?
Yes. So is the new account I tried to set up.
Are these apps installed in the main /Applications folder?
Yes.
Are they App Store apps or installs from disc/download?
Both, but App Store purchases are a clear minority, and aren't much of a problem, due to the ease of re-downloading and activating. The downloaded programs are the ones that present the problems. I have not been good about archiving serial numbers and the like, mostly because I've never had a problem like this before.
What specific apps are you having trouble with? For instance, I know that MS Office and Adobe CS5 for perfectly well for all users on my MBP.
This is a very long list. Let me give you some of it, and if you really need all of them, I'll add to the list later.
1Password 4
ABBYY FineReader for ScanSnap
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 plus On ONE add-on filters
Burn
calibre
DiskTracker
Dragon Dictate
Flv Crunch 1.5.0
GraphicConverter
Harmony Assistant
iBank
iSkysoft iMedia Converter Deluxe
MacX Video Converter Pro
QMidi
Screenium
Unison
WireTap Studio
Also, what troubleshooting steps have you taken so far?
Not much, since I have no idea where the problem is. I looked for some central repository of software serial numbers or activations, but didn't find one.

Single user mode, Lost Admin Account, and Disk Permissions

Okay, so I have quite a few issues here. I will start from the beginning.
About a week ago, I tried to install some updates and I could not get the Admin account to work. I went to the users profile and noticed my Admin account was not there. Did a quick search and found Apple's outline of how to fix this via the Operational DVD and the root user. Tried this and it would never work, because as soon as I restarted the computer or changed screens it switched back to a standard account.
Next up, I went into the terminal to check the Admin User group. As it turns out it is not there. So I find a discussion on there that outlines how to rebuild this in single user mode and the Unix prompt. So, I print it off and try to restart in single user mode. After trying two different keyboards and a sum total of 8 to 10 times, I can't restart in single user mode to get to the Unix prompt.
One last thing, last night I went into the Disk Utility on the start-up DVD. I wanted to check the Repair Permission log and I got the following:
ACL found but not expected on "private/var/root/Library/Preferences"
ACL found but not expected on "private/var/root/Library/"
ACL found but not expected on "Network"
Thoughts?
Thanks for your help!
tpp

first, the ACL messages can be ignored. if you can't get to single user mode you can't fix your admin group. the only reasons that I know why you wouldn't be able to do that is
1. a defective keyboard
2. you have a firmware password set. have you? you'd have to turn it off before you can get to single user mode.
lastly when you restart in single user mode make sure you press command+s right after you hear the chime. do not press it too early or too late. lastly, I'm not sure which instructions you've found to fix the admin group but I have them in this thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8011324

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