Os X Restarts Asking For Setup User Password

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For novice users who wind up at the command line, a very common question occurs with entering passwords into the Terminal, almost always related to sudo and the apparent inability to type a password into the command line of Mac OS X (or Linux for that matter). When I started entering the user login password, the video started flickering repeatedly and continuously, to the point that I could do nothing but force shutdown the PC, by holding down the pc power button. At PC restart, I was presented with the 'defaultuser0' user profile, with the message, 'Your account has been disabled. In these cases, force the Mac to create a new administrator account with a new user ID and password. This method of gaining access to a Mac has a couple of drawbacks. It won't work if you encrypted the Mac's drive using FileVault or if you set up a firmware password for which you forgot the password.

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Restore Admin Privileges


This procedure should restore admin privileges to an account that has lost those privileges. This procedure is only needed if you don’t have another account that has admin privileges.


Section One


Boot Using Command+R keys:


1. Restart the computer.

User

2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the

'COMMAND' and the 'R' keys together.

3. Release the keys when the Utilities Menu appears.


If you use FileVault 2 then open Disk Utility, select the protected volume and click on the Unlock button in the toolbar. You will be asked for your admin password. Quit Disk Utility.


Open Terminal from the Utilities' menu in the main menubar. At the prompt enter the following command:


resetpassword


Press RETURN.


A window opens to Reset Password. Select your startup volume. From the menu labeled Select the user account select System Administrator (root). Follow the prompts for setting a password. Be sure you write down the new password so you don’t forget it.


Now, from the menubar select the Restart… option.


Section Two


If you are using FileVault then log in as usual, then select Log Out… From the menubar or press SHIFT-COMMAND-Q. Don’t RESTART. You will be returned to the Login screen.


At the login screen click Other… Enter root in the Name field. Enter the password you set up from Section One in the Password field. This should have you logged in as the “root” user. While in “root” be careful what you type or enter. Carefully follow these instructions.


Open Users & Groups preferences panel. Select your normal administrator account from the list of users and check the box labeled, Allow the user to administer this computer. You will be prompted to restart. After the login window appears, log in as yourself—not as root.


Your administrator status should now be restored.


Section Three


You should disable the root user if you enabled it. Follow the instructions in OS X Mountain Lion- Enable and disable the root user under the heading, “Disable the root user.” You will be asked to authenticate in Directory Utility as root with the password you set in the first section. The linked article also works in Mountain Lion and Yosemite.

How to Create a New User Account if You Cannot Access Your Admin Account


Reboot the computer. At the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-S keys to start into Single-user Mode.


You will boot to a black screen with scrolling white text, release the keys and wait for it to finish.


Enter the following lines at the command prompt pressing RETURN after each:


mount -uw /

Os X Restarts Asking For Setup User Password

rm /var/db/.applesetupdone

reboot


After you reboot the computer you will be taken to the Setup Assistant. When you get to the point where you are asked to set up your new user account, create a new admin account. Be sure to name this user account something different than the admin user account that already exists on the system. When you finish the Setup Assistant, it will automatically log you into the new account.


You can transfer your files from the old account to the new one. See Transferring files from one User Account to another. Once you have moved all your files into your new account, you can delete the old account using Accounts or Users & Groups preferences.



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