OS X V10.7 Lion :: Unexpected Forced Password Change On Mac User Accounts
May 28, 2012
Recently all the Mac's in my household forced a password change for both of the user accounts that I have on them. These are local accounts not domain accounts. It appears that something has expired the password on all my machines at around the same date. I do not or at least did not have a password policy set on these machines prior to this incident. I have searched the release notes for recent OS X updates and have not found any reference that explains this behavior. Hence, I am concerned that this could be malware/trojan activity however none of the scanners I have tried has detected any malware.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Dec 15, 2009
I'm currently locked out of my Power Mac G5. While trying to install the latest Java for Mac OS x 10.5 Update 6 from Software Update, my admin. password was rejected as invalid. When I try to change my password in Accounts, my old password is rejected. I've entered this password a thousand times, and, yeah, I'm slightly senile, but caps lock isn't on.
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Mar 6, 2012
When I purchased my iMac a few years ago, I created one user account and just started using my computer. I am trying to implement a few Safe Computing practices by creating a new Admin user account and changing my original user account to a Standard user. Â
For some reason, I cannot change either of the accounts to a standard user after I type in the password. I've logged in as both and tried to change the other user profile to a standard user, but the checkbox is greyed out on both of the Admin User accounts.  Â
I can create a new standard user, but I have everyting set the way I like it on my current Admin user account. It would be much easier to have a new Admin User account and "Downgrade" my original Admin account to a standard user account. Â
why the option to change from an Admin user to a standard user would be "Greyed Out"? The support articles walk me through, what should be a few simple steps, but I can not change the settings because the checkbox is greyed out. Â
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iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Feb 23, 2012
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 16G of RAM, Pegasus R4
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2011 imac i5, 16GB RAM
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MacBook
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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OS X 10.9.4
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May 14, 2012
I just installed Lion 10.4.7 upgrade on my iMac (only 6 months old). I have 5 user accounts on this iMac (A, B, C, D and Guest). With prior version of Lion, these would all be displayed in the login window for selection. Now, with 10.4.7, depending upon the resolution in effect by a user when he logs out, if it is a lower resolution (i.e., 1024X768) the login window will not contain the rightmost user selections, D and Guest in this example. If the user had a higher resolution (i.e., 1920X1080) all 5 users account selections will be visible. An individual user's desired resolution should not be effecting the login window, should it?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
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Apr 3, 2012
I'm locked out of my computer. I set my iMac to require a password for accounts. Now when I start up 3 accounts appear: my name, my name with an A and guest. My admin. password won't work on any of them. What should I do?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), iOS 5.1
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iMac
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