Password recovery OS9

Hi!

I've got an old Mac, but I do not know the password and the old user
Of the Mac is no longer around, so no chance to get hold of the password.

Is there any way to recover the password?

I do not want to install the computer from scratch, since there
Are many different programmes on it and I don't want to have to
Reinstall them all.

So if you have an idea what I could do, please tell me what to do.

I also have Norton Utilities 5.0 and TechTool Pro v3.
Do they have a utility to recover passwords?

I'd appreciate your help.
Ann

On 3/1/04 4:11 AM, in article BC68CAED.2883%wurth@imp.univie.ac.at, "Herlind
Wurth" wrote:

 > Hi!
 >
 > I've got an old Mac, but I do not know the password and the old user
 > Of the Mac is no longer around, so no chance to get hold of the password.
 >
 > Is there any way to recover the password?
 >
 > I do not want to install the computer from scratch, since there
 > Are many different programmes on it and I don't want to have to
 > Reinstall them all.
 >
 > So if you have an idea what I could do, please tell me what to do.
 >
 > I also have Norton Utilities 5.0 and TechTool Pro v3.
 > Do they have a utility to recover passwords?
 >
 > I'd appreciate your help.
 > Ann
 >

Boot from a CD.
In the preferences folder inside the System Folder, find and drag
"Multi-User Prefs" to the trash.
Empty the trash.
Reboot of the hard drive.
Open File Sharing Control panel.
Type in new password.
Open the Multi-Users control panel.
Click "On" to turn on accounts.
Close the control panel.
Choose logout from the Special menu.
Log in using new password.
--
Brian Ehni