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Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: ADSR on January 09, 2011, 11:34:19 AM
Never  put a password.. (OSX 10.4.11)

Even in start up, or D U (system preferences) i was ask for one...

(Repared permissions whith DU from another partition)...the same

How do i correct that new problem Thinking.gif

GR
Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: Jack W on January 09, 2011, 01:20:45 PM
GT -

This has been covered here before, altho I can't find it now.

It involves putting your original Tiger install CD in, and booting from it.

If I remember right, there is something on the Apple menu about resetting your password.

Hopefully somebody else with a far better memory than mine will chime in here and give you the details.

- Jack
Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: ADSR on January 09, 2011, 03:03:48 PM
Hope that reseting keeps all  the  things in the same state ....is there a way to avoid  passwords and unlock ?

Never put a password...don't know why i was asked to enter it now ?

Maybe should i...?

Thanks

GR
Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: jchuzi on January 09, 2011, 03:08:32 PM
Changing your password won't change anything else. I don't know why you need one, all of a sudden. FWIW, I have not entered a password either; I use a blank space. In 10.6, that will prevent you from using sudo in Terminal if you need temporary root privileges but other than that, there aren't any consequences that I can see, assuming that nobody has access to your computer.

If I need to run sudo, I go to System Preferences > Accounts and create a password. When finished, I change it back to a blank space.
Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: ADSR on January 10, 2011, 06:00:50 AM
A bit lost whith  reseting ... drown.gif


I boot from an OSX  10.1 cd  ( don't have yet a DVD ) on this DA, reset the password  (blank)

Rebooting  had the same problem, asked for name and password

administrator, root etc..what should be the settings in the get info?

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Need some detailed help

Thanks

GR
Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: Paddy on January 11, 2011, 11:48:48 AM
The system will ask for a user name and password on login IF you have it set to require that at login. Don't know how or why this setting was changed from what you no doubt had before (Automatic Login) but it obviously has.

Go to System Preferences->Accounts. Click on the Lock at the bottom left - you'll need to enter your user name and PW (blank, in your case). Then click on "Login Options" and enable Automatic Login for your user name. It's no doubt in the "Off" position right now.

And that should be the end of that problem.

I do assign a PW to our Macs - figure it's just one little step that helps slow down anyone blithely installing stuff without paying attention, or someone trying to get onto our network, in that unlikely event. Of course, it depends on your situation. If you have a laptop that regularly leaves the house with you and has important data on it, you should have a PW and also disable automatic login - and perhaps require the PW to wake from sleep as well. Or if you have a multi-user Mac and want to keep other users out of your stuff, a PW is an obvious choice.
Title: Name / password asked..
Post by: ADSR on January 11, 2011, 07:35:49 PM
doh.gif The  partition i was trying to log in was not  the one reseted.... oops.gif


That's the end of the problem ...whith your help


GR thanx.gif