Need some help on the best way to reset the admin password without a startup disk on my hack leopard (sorry if this is a repeat thread, but I searched for a few hours here and couldn't find anything clear enough).

Hey there, try doing this

Boot into the Leopard Install DVD and hit F8 then type -s to enter the single user mode and type:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
passwd root
touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot

Yeah, I don't have a startup/install DVD. Is there any way around this?

Well you can always do it without DVD, just need to boot in single user with -s

ran into a few snags.

1. I boot into -s (notice the error- "Firewire unable to determine security mode; defaulting to full-secure.")


2. I enter '/sbin/fsck -fy'


3. I enter '/sbin/mount -uw /'


4. I enter 'passwd root' (prompts for new password, although when I type it displays no characters- after 'enter', i am prompted to retype it and again no characters appear)


5. I enter 'touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone'


I then reboot, and i still cannot change the password. As you can tell I'm a total novice, but is there any way you can help? Thanks.

After doing that cant boot? thats odd it should start from zero after that @_o try asking here for advanced info, irc.osx86.hu #hackint0sh, try asking to nawcom

I can reboot, I am just back to square one- same old password which can't be changed. Are these other users that you posted that I should ask for help?