Comments on: How to hack a Macs password.

By: Hernandez

Hernandez — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:37 +0000

Ypu can also use LoginTrap http://www.protemac.com/LoginTrap/.Prog can capture every login events and notify about by email.

By: Garra

Garra — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:44:30 +0000

Also check this out found useful http://www.trickyways.com/2010/06/forgot-mac-password-see-how-to-reset-without-disk/

By: Karl Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com

Karl Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:18 +0000

Nice. Is it free?

By: Hernandez

Hernandez — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:32 +0000

What about password protection try to use LoginTrap.It’s prog can capture every login events by using iSight.It’s really good prog.It’s helps me a lot.

By: macwhore

macwhore — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:55:31 +0000

Okay, so now we know how to get into a mac and change the password. But can someone tell me how to get into a mac, and changing the password back to what it was so nobody knows you’ve been in?

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:15:37 +0000

O.o

By: Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com

Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:59:34 +0000

It really could not have been done except for being in front of the computer!

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:47:13 +0000

someone HACKED MY ACCOUNT AND CHANGED MY PASSWORD, my dad (admin of the computer) had to reset my password so i could get in. anybody know how i can trace the IP and how the HECK they did it?

By: Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com

Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:31:08 +0000

Password or the install disk – it doesn’t need to be yours just the same version.

By: stumped

stumped — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:30:44 +0000

look i get wat u guys are saying but this mac was given to me and no one rembers the password that was set and no idea where the disc is to it so how do i go about re setting the password from there

By: olof smith

olof smith — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:34:24 +0000

What if you know the administrator password and you want to find out the user passwords without changing them, so you can monitor what they do?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:26:00 +0000

Mac The Ripper or Handbrake?

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:26:00 +0000

Mac The Ripper or Handbrake?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:03:00 +0000

From start to finish, I would like the best way to "Backup" my DVDs to both DVD (DVD5) and DVD-DL (DVD9).

Complete with removing CSS keys and shrinking (compressing) DVDs to fit on single layer that might not otherwise fit.

I have asked "El Di Pablo" this same question offline, as was reference to you for a solution.

-- R

By: Ryan Carnell

Ryan Carnell — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:03:00 +0000

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:34:00 +0000

wow you mac guys are great. Any mac tips you would like to see covered on AtA?

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:34:00 +0000

wow you mac guys are great. Any mac tips you would like to see covered on AtA?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:45:00 +0000

If you think thats scary you can boot into single user mode (root command prompt basically) and remove a single file, and when you boot back up, you will be prompted to go through the initial setup again, and you can create a new admin account on the machine

1. boot to single user mode
2. mount the drive as read/write with the command:
/sbin/mount -uw /
3. Remove the .AppleSetupDone file with the command:
/bin/rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
4. Reboot
shutdown -r now

By: trueshadow21\

trueshadow21\ — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:45:00 +0000

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:37:00 +0000

If you deploy Mac laptops… you may wanna consider installing http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/” “>http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/” REL=”nofollow”>Undercover and follow the best practices by creating a “Guest” account with limited privileges for the damned thief to use. Then track their ass down, beat them a surge protector, and hand them over to the authorities.

– R

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:37:00 +0000

– R

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:40:00 +0000

From last year...08/11/2006...
MAC OS9x login locked by the previous owner, password unknown.

Picked up OS 9.2 cd; boot-X; removed keychain preferences and multi-user preferences.

Done.

That got me curious about LX at the time. One half-assed google later:

/administration/cracking.html

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/administration/cracking.html

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/administration/cracking.html

on either the GRUB or LILO boot line, put: init=/bin/sh
when you have a root prompt, do the following:
mount -n -o remount,rw /
passwd root
(provide new password twice)
mount -n -o remount,ro /
sync;sync;sync
hit the reset switch

I carry both of these in my wallet.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:40:00 +0000

By: Ryan Carnell

Ryan Carnell — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:37:00 +0000

If you deploy Mac laptops... you may wanna consider installing Undercover and follow the best practices by creating a "Guest" account with limited privileges for the damned thief to use. Then track their ass down, beat them a surge protector, and hand them over to the authorities.

-- R

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:40:00 +0000

From last year...08/11/2006...
MAC OS9x login locked by the previous owner, password unknown.

Picked up OS 9.2 cd; boot-X; removed keychain preferences and multi-user preferences.

Done.

That got me curious about LX at the time. One half-assed google later:

http://www.linux-sxs.org
/administration/cracking.html

on either the GRUB or LILO boot line, put: init=/bin/sh
when you have a root prompt, do the following:
mount -n -o remount,rw /
passwd root
(provide new password twice)
mount -n -o remount,ro /
sync;sync;sync
hit the reset switch

I carry both of these in my wallet.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:30:00 +0000

Thanks Ryan I learned that today and I passed my certification test with a 90. I will be doing a follow up post on that over the weekend.

Any more tips for a new Mac admin?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:40:00 +0000

Most “Security Minded” MAC users know to setup the firmware password protection.

One of the features of the firmware password is: Blocks the ability to use the “C” key to start up from an optical disc.

How to document: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10…“> “>http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10…

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:40:00 +0000

Most “Security Minded” MAC users know to setup the firmware password protection.

One of the features of the firmware password is: Blocks the ability to use the “C” key to start up from an optical disc.

How to document: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10…“> “>http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10…

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:30:00 +0000

Thanks Ryan I learned that today and I passed my certification test with a 90. I will be doing a follow up post on that over the weekend.

Any more tips for a new Mac admin?

By: Ryan Carnell

Ryan Carnell — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:40:00 +0000

Most “Security Minded” MAC users know to setup the firmware password protection.

One of the features of the firmware password is: Blocks the ability to use the “C” key to start up from an optical disc.

How to document: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482