site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Is there a way to check if the user has given us the correct administrator password? -dhan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Shoop AIM: iWiring Systems & Networks Architect http://www.ustsvs.com/ shoop@iwiring.net http://www.iwiring.net/ 1-714-363-1174 "The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions." -- Claude Levi-Strauss ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iWiring provides systems and networks support for Mac OS X, unix, and Open Source application technologies at affordable rates. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... At 12:08 PM -0800 11/10/06, Jeffrey Ellis wrote: There isn't necessarily a singular administrator account, and of course then there's also root. First you might check to verify that they gave you a admin user by checking to see if it's a member of the admin group. Next you can check that the password they gave you is correct with `chkpasswd`; see it's man page. -- This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com