10.5: Fix a hang on admin password entry

Dec 31, '08 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I Googled and looked everywhere when I tried fixing this issue, but couldn't find the fix (possible I didn't word it correctly). Eventually, I came up with the solution on my own, so I'm sharing here in case this affects others.

A coworker and I both had the same issue: While logging in, or just typing our password for admin rights to install or change settings, the authentication would hang up (sometimes for minutes). After almost giving up, I looked in the Accounts System Preferences panel, and noticed I was the only admin -- but I was listed as admin, managed.

Since I knew this wasn't correct, I created a test account with admin privileges and logged out and logged into the test account. I then opened Accounts System Preferences panel, and unchecked admin and then unchecked parental controls for my main account. After I changed the account back to admin, I logged out and back into the original account -- and the issue was resolved.

I have a feeling this was a bug that carried over from an earlier version of 10.5, as I was the admin from the initial install and never enabled parental controls. Hopefully this helps someone with the same issue.

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