10.7: Reset Password

Aug 12, '11 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: federico balbi

Apple has removed the utility to reset a password and restore a user's folder permissions from the Recovery HD. If you need it, you have to open Terminal (from the Recovery HD Utility menu) and type:

resetpassword

Then the old Reset Password application opens.

By the way the old hint to reset a user password by booting in single user mode is no longer working: the file /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist no longer exists.

[crarko adds: I suppose somebody thought it would enhance security to hide the password reset utility. It seems more like a pain to me.]

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