ddaniel@lindy.Stanford.EDU (D. Daniel Sternbergh) (08/01/90)
I'm taking over administration of a small network of Macs in our
department. One of the Macs I'm "inheriting" had an administration
application installed, allowing various levels of access, hide hard
disk when booted from a floppy, etc. The standard stuff.
Well, one day, it wouldn't accept the previous administrator's
password. To jump to the end of the story, we've tried everything
from using a loophole to re-format the disk (which removed everything
including the system, but left the password prompt *somewhere* on the
disk so it still can't be mounted or anything) and going over it with
a huge mother of a magnet. Still the password prompt (which still
doesn't recognize his password) and still no access.
I don't know enough about the allocation of physical storage space on
the hard disk to know where it's being retained or what else to try.
Desperately seeking suggestions.
Many thanks,
== Daniel == Daniel Sternbergh
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