Reset password and username

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Title: Reset password and username
Post by: pvn on September 28, 2010, 08:44:24 AM
I'd like to login using the NextStation UI, but don't have the UID or password.  I don't know Unix or how to use NetInfoManager to delete the password for user "me" and then log into the "me" account without a password and then set my own password -- as the user did in this post: http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=14003

I've read these posts, and was able to reset the password, but don't know what to do next.
- http://www.bangmoney.org/nextstep/root_password.html
- http://www.levenez.com/NeXTSTEP/faq.html

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Paul
Title: Reset password and username
Post by: aragon on September 29, 2010, 01:55:54 AM
Have you already looked at this?
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2650
Title: Reset password and username
Post by: pvn on September 29, 2010, 09:36:03 PM
Thanks.  This works, but once the password is reset, I don't know how to do anything else in Unix.  At the user interface prompt, I don't know what username to enter  --> I also need to reset or create a username, which I don't know how to do.  Any suggestions?
Title: Reset password and username
Post by: Thomas on September 30, 2010, 12:35:47 AM
In this case the login name is "root" and the new password you chose when you reset it.
Title: Reset password and username
Post by: pvn on September 30, 2010, 06:55:21 AM
Thank you very much!  That did the trick.  Much appreciated!

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