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10.5: How to reset Leopard back to the Setup Assistant
You can use dscl from Single User mode, but first you must enable the directoryServices plist using launchd. Here is the command:
10.5: How to reset Leopard back to the Setup Assistant
Interesting - starting DirectoryServices didn't work when I originally tried it on an Intel mini with a fresh 10.5 install. I just tried it on one of our demo machines and it did work, though. I guess it's up to you whether you want to delete the plist file or zap the account through dscl - both accomplish the same thing and require almost the same amount of typing...
10.5: How to reset Leopard back to the Setup Assistant
Actually, if you just delete the plist file, the first user you create on the new system has a UID of 502. If you load DS instead, and then use dscl to delete the account, the first user you create on the new system has a UID of 501. |
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