Re: single user mode

Michael Vilain wrote:
In article <WNbdl.6739$MT3.5148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
E Z Peaces <cash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

nospam wrote:
In article <B7bdl.6257$Qa.5206@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, E Z Peaces
<cash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A relative has a G5 with Tiger. She forgot her password.

I understand it can be reset in single user mode, and you start by typing
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
sh /etc/rc

What do I type between those commands? Return doesn't seem good.
even easier, just boot the system dvd and pick reset password from the
menus.
They haven't been able to get that to work.

On the off-chance there's some file damage, then they may have to reinstall the OS. This happened to me once.

On the phone, my cousin said that when she tried to use the install disk to change the password, she reinstalled the system instead.

The file system was so borked that fsck didn't fix it. The machine only booted into single-user mode. /etc was missing along with some other directories. Here's hoping that's not what's going on here.

Reinstalling the system didn't change her mother's forgotten password, so she can't make updates.

Does she have backups? Why not?

When you ask her if she has backups, you'll have to explain to her how backups would help her change the passwords. You've lost me.
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