Locked out of Server!

[zvordauk]

Hi all,

I am working on a server in one of the local colleges and have been locked out of it!
Using ARD I can dscl . list /Users and it returns all the local accounts as I would expect but if I try to login with SSH or through the GUI the passwords I have set for the admin accounts are rejected.
If I try to create a new user through ARD using dscl -create I get a DSOpenDirectoryService error 🙁

I obviously have a certain amount of access as I can use ARD and I am 99% sure that the password I am using in ARD is the same password that I am entering when trying to access.
Is there anyway I can see the password ARD is using to access the server (al la Keychain Access)?
If not any ideas on how I kickstart the password server to start behaving itself??
Or another way to create a new admin account???

Any help appreciated!

Gerard Allen
ACSA
Cork, Ireland

[bschappel]

If there is another local account on the Mac you can add it to the admin group with this:

[code]dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership localuser[/code]

In that line “localuser” is the shortname of the local account you want to make an admin.

Does that help?

You could always boot the server from an install DVD and change the password on the account.

[zvordauk]

All sorted – slightly embarrassed really – had my syntax wrong 😳

Thanks for the advice though bdchappel

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Thank you for the info.

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