How To Get Administrator Rights on MAC
This is a tutorial for how to get administrator rights without having the admin password.
1. Shutdown your mac
2. Hold down the Apple or Command key on the keyboard and the letter S.
3. Turn the computer on, still holding the Command and S keys.
4. Wait until you see some white letters (Don’t worry, this is completely normal) on a black screen. You can release the keys.
5. Next we want to check the drive for errors. We do this we do not want to make massive changes to the file-system, and if there are underlying issues we wouldn’t want to make them worse. Type fsck -fy and press the enter button, when the process is you will see localhost:/ root# [or something similar] again.
6. Type mount -uw / and press Enter to enable the filesystem
7. Type cd /Users and press Enter.
8. Type ls [LS] and press Enter. A list of all of the accounts on your computer will be listed along with 'Public'.
9. Type passwd root and press Enter. You do not want to do this by replacing root by the administrators account’s name, because you will get caught easily then.
10. You will be prompted for a new password, start typing the new password when finished press Enter (The cursor will not move, however the password is typing). Confirm the password when asked to.
11. Type reboot and press Enter.
12. Login with your account and open System Preferences.
13. Go to the Preference Pane Accounts and click the lock in the bottom
14. Use as name root and the password is the one you entered before
15. Change your account to administrator
16. Congrats, you are now an administrator!
Enjoy !
1. Shutdown your mac
2. Hold down the Apple or Command key on the keyboard and the letter S.
3. Turn the computer on, still holding the Command and S keys.
4. Wait until you see some white letters (Don’t worry, this is completely normal) on a black screen. You can release the keys.
5. Next we want to check the drive for errors. We do this we do not want to make massive changes to the file-system, and if there are underlying issues we wouldn’t want to make them worse. Type fsck -fy and press the enter button, when the process is you will see localhost:/ root# [or something similar] again.
6. Type mount -uw / and press Enter to enable the filesystem
7. Type cd /Users and press Enter.
8. Type ls [LS] and press Enter. A list of all of the accounts on your computer will be listed along with 'Public'.
9. Type passwd root and press Enter. You do not want to do this by replacing root by the administrators account’s name, because you will get caught easily then.
10. You will be prompted for a new password, start typing the new password when finished press Enter (The cursor will not move, however the password is typing). Confirm the password when asked to.
11. Type reboot and press Enter.
12. Login with your account and open System Preferences.
13. Go to the Preference Pane Accounts and click the lock in the bottom
14. Use as name root and the password is the one you entered before
15. Change your account to administrator
16. Congrats, you are now an administrator!
Enjoy !
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