User permissions on the Mac OS X operating system determine whether a user can perform certain operations, like changing sensitive settings or installing new programs. Setting a user as an ...

Users are reporting a strange phenomenon where their administrator user accounts are converted to standard user accounts after installation of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). MacFixIt reader Ed Anderson ...

Open Directory, Mac OS X’s native directory service, allows users to both manage local accounts and to create shared directory domains hosted by Mac OS X Server. With shared directory domains, ...

So i've been tasked at work to write a script that reads a txt file from a server share and makes the specified users local admin on our OS X boxes. #!/bin/bash # Set up needed variables here ...

I've an old Mac Mini – just for local content caching and serving stuff – running Sonoma, via OCLP. One botched OCLP update borked it, so after I checked the SSD for errors in target mode I ...

Don't be locked out because you forgot your Mac administrator username This article discusses how to reset the password of an administrator account on a Mac. Resetting an administrator account isn't ...

Apple updated its Server Admin Tools, bringing the current version to 10.5.5. The collection of tools help you to administer a server from a remote computer. Server Admin Tools include Server ...