Tuesday, September 15, 2009

RESET PASSWORD- MAC OPERATING SYSTEM

OS X is the second popular Operating System in this universe.  But the password cracking is simple in this. Various methods are used for this, they are

  • Ophchrack can be used to crack the password, Which is the easiest method. There are some other methods that can be used to crack the password,as explained below:
  • If the Mac runs OS X 10.4,  Insert installation CD into the computer & restart the computer. During the start up, select UTILITIES > RESET PASSWORD. Then select the new password & use that to log-in.
  • If the Mac runs OS X 10.5, reboot the PC & press COMMAND+S. When at the prompt, type:
fsck -fy
mount -uw /
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
dscl . -passwd /Users/UserName newpassword
That’s all. Now the password is reset, U  can log-in.

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