I booted from the install disc again, and reset the root password.
This results in root being enabled. Use Terminal or single user mode
to "touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone" and I would be dropped to the
loginwindow when I start up the machine. Log in as root, install
everything, then disable root, delete the .AppleSetupDone, and log out.
Haven't tried this with Leopard yet, but don't see why it wouldn't work.
~ian
On Oct 29, 2007, at 12:33 PM, StargateSG1 wrote:
How can we de-personalize a Leopard install, since the NetInfo method
no longer applies? (ie, the way we did it under 10.4 and earlier won't
work).
Goal is to setup a new machine and then strip out all personalization
and user info to return it to "first boot" status.
I routinely rebuilt machines and installed software and applied
updates and then removed the local.nidb folder and the individual user
folders alone with /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and the machine was
basically returned to first boot.
Any ideas? I've not found a KB article on it yet.
TIA,
Doug
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