OS X :: Leopard Administrator Privileges Gone
Oct 27, 2007
After upgrading (and having the install fail once, and then have the new mac version of blue screen of death) I have now noticed that the admin privileges on my account are now gone.I cant authenticate anything and my account is listed as "Standard" in the preferences pane.I came home from Florida last night and left the install disc in my dorm. Any way to do this without using the Password Reset on the dvd? Regardless, I dont think it would help, since there isnt even an admin account listed.
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Mar 9, 2007
OS 10.4. I know it has worked in the past month. My user account ( first one set up on system) no longer has administrator privileges. I went to do daylight savings update last week, and reply back says must enter administrator name and password......... Stuck because I can not even do a archive and reinstall because you need admin to do anything
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Oct 31, 2007
I am trying to change com.apple.backupd-auto.plist file, to set up TM back up interval and when I go to save it says "You do not have appropriate access privileges". I am using administrator account, also went into file info and changed permissions to read&write and still get that message. Am I missing something here or is ti something else? I used to be able to do that when used Tiger, with different files though.
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May 30, 2012
I have bootcamp installed and Win7 64 bit on that partition. I can drag and drop files from WIn7 to the Mac Drive ... but I can not drag and drop from the MAC desktop to the BootCamp Drive or any folder. I have the drive set for sharing ... but the Privledges ar READ ONLY .. in the "get info" screen. but ti seems to fixate on problems installing WIN7 ... I'm well past that I just want to copy and paste from each drive backa nd forth!
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Nov 14, 2009
So prior to my snow leopard update everything was working fine. Than I installed SL and ever since than I cant down load anything at all from the store.
The message I get says the following:
"there was a problem downloading (insert name of movie or whatver here). You do not have enough access privleges for this operation
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Jul 18, 2010
I installed 10.6.3 on my 250GB USB drive - no problem.
But I can't log in as the administer.
I changed the password in the System acc.,
reset it on the installation disc, and still no go.
Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?
BTW,I'm using 10.4.11 now.
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Apr 7, 2012
I have been given an old Mac with previous owner name and passrord. I want to update/grade? How do I get an administrator account & password?
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Mac OS X (10.2.x)
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May 27, 2012
I have a imac running osc 10.6.8 I just found the disks, i received this as a gift from a relative who passed away I do not know the password. I want to change the admistrator of the computer without loosing all the programs.
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iMac
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Jul 25, 2010
I'm looking at buying a macbook. The seller does not have the administrator password or the original Leopard 10.5 discs. Will this cause a problem if I want to upgrade to Snow?
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May 10, 2012
How can i create a new Administrator user account ?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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May 27, 2012
A couple of weeks ago I re installed leopard on to my I Mac because of memory issues. Something went wrong and the computer created its own administrator. Now I can't update any applications or change any of the settings. I can't restart the computer from the disk because it asks for the admin password. Is there any way I can restart with the disk or possably use terminal to change the password.
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iMac, Mac
OS X (10.5)
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Sep 9, 2009
I don't know if its my installation because of upgrade or all Snow Leopard installations, but SL is asking frequently for the administrator's userid and password.When trying to do a Software Update, it asks before starting. On Leopard it would ask before installing, but not before checking. Seems unnecessary.I can't remember where but I've seen it pop up much more frequently than before. I've even had it prompt me twice during an application install.Even running XCode for development. Try and debug an application, it now comes up asking for the userid/pw or someone in the developer group. I don't see a built in app to configure who's in what group. Normal Unix group commands don't seem to be present.
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Apr 9, 2012
How do I reset a forgotten administrator password?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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May 4, 2012
I want to reset my administrator password using the Mac OS X disc, but I don't want it restored to factory settings which would make me lose all my music, doctuments, etc.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
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Jun 9, 2012
My computer stopped recognizing my administrator's name and password. I can log onto my computer but I can't update any software.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Jun 12, 2012
Can I reset my administrator password without my disk?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jun 22, 2012
I need to know how to make it so all user accounts can use System Preferences, only the Administrator Account can open Systerm Preferences.This happened when I updated to Snow Leopard.
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iMac (17-inch Early 2006), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jan 20, 2008
New user here as I am sure most posters are to this forum. I was given an old G5 by a customer of mine, I have had it into the local Mac Repairer who has looked it up and down and installed Leopard onto the system. I have been trying to get the DVD player to read multi regional DVD and had a forum member PM me instructions on how to do this, I am working on these instructions and while trying to perform on of the tasts I keep getting this error message. The document "SystemVersion.plist could not be saved. You do not have the appropriate access privileges? How do I get them? I am the owner of the computer so I should be able to get them?
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Dec 14, 2008
Finder keeps telling me I don't have privileges when trying to move, delete or change a file on my desktop. everything else on my computer works fine and I can change files or folders in my docs or my other folders.
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Jun 7, 2009
I am the administrator on this computer, and every time I try downloading something from Software Updates it tells me I don't have appropriate access privileges. It didn't used to happen, and I've gotten by fine this year because I haven't had to download anything urgently. Now, I really need to download Mac OS X Update Combined 10.5.7, but it says "you do not have appropriate access privileges".
Also, although it tells me that I can try again by finding the installer package in the finder, the package does not exist on my computer. I've gone to system preferences, the only user checked to administer is me, and I don't see any other option that could fix the problem..
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Sep 12, 2009
I have an iMac with 10.4.11 on it that I've been using since 2006. Everything has been fine and dandy until earlier today when I decided to restart my computer after trying to get Adobe to work, and when I logged back in, my desktop background and all my icons were missing...it was as if I had turned my computer on for the first time.
Now all the files are still on the computer, I just can't access them. Anytime I try to click on "Documents" or certain other folders, I get a message saying I can't access them because I don't have "sufficient access privileges". I tried checking my account in the system preferences, but I am still listed as admin and am the only user anyway. I also tried repairing disk permissions under the Disk Utility tool, then restarting after that and I'm still having the same problem.
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May 28, 2012
I try to open a document but it says "The file “start_server.command” could not be executed because you do not have appropriate access privileges." I went into "Get info' went down to "Sharing and Permissions" it said "Read and Write" under my name so I tryed to open the doc but it still did not work.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Sep 10, 2006
When I insert a blank CD and choose 'open Finder', I get an error message saying "The operation could not be completed because you do not have enough access privileges." If I choose 'open iTunes', the app opens, but nothing happens and the disk is not displayed. This has never happened before. I have tried repairing permissions.
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Jun 10, 2007
I have my MBPro and am set up as the only account on the computer and it is set up as admin. I have checked absolutely every box to enable me to install items; but each time I do try to install I get the error message
The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items.
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Nov 30, 2008
I have just bought a new macbook and am very pleased with it. I am having a problem with iTunes. I have two accounts on my computer (mine and the wifes). I have an iTunes folder in my public folder which is accessed by both accounts. My wife has subscribed to some podcasts which have been placed in the folder and are visible to her account, and download onto her iphone. When I subscribe to a podcast on my account it attempts to download and then states: 'You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.' I have amended the access privileges for the folder to shared and read / write for both accounts.
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May 27, 2009
I have just this evening noticed a problem on my computer. When I try to copy a file from one location to another it comes up with boxes telling me I don't have privileges. I have attached images. The boxes appear one after another in order: Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3. I don't have a password on the account. I am the one and only user on the mac. I do have administrate privileges.
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Aug 8, 2009
When I try to drag music into iTunes to add to my library, I get the following message: And before you ask, I already tried both repairing permissions and restarting.
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Nov 17, 2009
I've done a complete re-installation af Snow Leopard.
When trying to restore the library/mail folder via Time Machine i'm told: "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for "mail'" I seems to me that i have both privileges to read and write in the folder. I can't place the backed up files in a different folder either?
I have no problems restoring my pictures and the likes from time machine?
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Jan 13, 2010
First, here is the spec of my machine.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:Mac Pro
Model Identifier:MacPro1,1
Processor Name:Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors:2
Total Number Of Cores:4
L2 Cache (per processor):4 MB
Memory:4 GB
Bus Speed:1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version:MP11.005D.B00
SMC Version (system):1.7f10
Serial Number (system):CK7480180GP
Hardware UUID:00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F20F877E
I have three drives on my computer. I bought Fusion 3 to install on drive No 3 because I need windows based music and sound studio programs that I already own. All 3 drives had a working OS X system which I thought was Leopard. Fusion 3 would not load and said that the drive needed OS X. Since the drive already had a working system on it I assumed that it Fusion 3 wanted Snow Leopard, so I loaded it. This is the result:- It loaded reloaded Snow Leopard onto all three drive in spite of me selecting drive 3.
Lost:-
All iPhoto picture on every drive.
All itunes recordings, (mostly home studio personal stuff) on every drive
All address book info on every drive
Most non Apple software such as Photoshop, all (replaceable by using the original disc) on every drive
All settings, background, dashboard, Mail etc.
All administration privileges, and I mean ALL, the clocks are 8 hours out and I don't have enough admin power to change the time.
iWork 8, specifically 'Pages', which I can't reload because of the admin problem so I can't save a document of any description.
I will have to wipe and start again, but I can't wipe (admin). I have tried resetting permissions but I am not allowed to unlock the little lock! Can I wipe the discs in a Windows based computer and then put them back in the Mac for reformatting? I have a tetrabyte of external drive that still works fine with most of my pictures backed up there after an iPhoto glitch which wiped the lot. I have found a folder called images which contains a lot but not all my lost pics (which I have backed up anyway) but it has pictures that I deleted 2/3 years ago, and all pictures are duplicated from three to five times in varying resolutions.
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Apr 6, 2012
I have 2 macs hooked up on a verizon wireless network. Got a new mac mini with Lion when my "old" Imac Intel core dou with tiger stopped working. However I had it repaired and now have both sharing the same wireless network.Since old Mac was online previously it is set now as the administrator. Don't know if that is the problem but file sharing privileges a denied and Iv'e tried everything
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.3)
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