Mac Lock Out

[rafiki]

Hi i recently found my macbook (unused since day i brough it) when i set it up, i put a password on the administators account and forgot it, is there anyway to overide the password? or software to remove it, also the name i used when setting up is rafiki i want to change it to my real name? anybody no how?
any seggustions welcome:)
thanks
rafiki
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[jkd]

Boot it up holding Apple+S. That launches it into Single User mode, which is just a command prompt with root. From there, you should be able to su username and then hit passwd.

[rafiki]

Boot it up holding Apple+S. That launches it into Single User mode, which is just a command prompt with root. From there, you should be able to su username and then hit passwd.
Hi i bolded and underlined the SU, wat does that mean/stand for?
Thanks

[Antoniohawk]

The Unix su (substitute user) command is used to assume the login shell of another user without logging out. It is commonly used to change to root user permissions for administrative work without logging off and back on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_%28Unix%29

[rafiki]

so will this enable me to change the password? or view it?

[jkd]

The passwd command changes the password.

[Spookster]

You shouldn't need to su into the username to change the password. If you boot into root then at the command prompt just type passwd <username>

[rafiki]

Spook sorry i probably sound like an idiot, but i no nothing of macs, how to boot into root?

[jkd]

By holding down Apple-S when you start it up.

[rafiki]

finally gave this a try today started into root
typed
passwd rafiki ******* (where * = my pass)
didnt work
so then i tried
su rafiki
passwd ********
that didnt work either any ideas on what im doing wrong?

[jkd]

Just hit `passwd rafiki` (or whatever), and execute that statement. Then it will prompt you to change your password.