

The previous suggestion will work only if you can log in to your Mac computer, but what happens if you forgot your Mac password? Or if you have lost admin password for the Mac OS X? If that’s the case, but you have set up a hint, you can request the password hint and see if you can remember your password, this might do the trick and you will not need to reset it. How to Create a Hint for Your Mac Password This will ensure that if you forget your username, at least you will have a list of usernames to remind you which one might be yours.

It isn't terribly well documented, but since it now accepts plain text passwords, I think that's a step in the right direction.Most home users of Mac computers set their Macs to login without the need of a username or password, by just pressing one button they have access to their Mac and applications and all their data. Sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -setvncpw -vncpw Īpparently you can enable VNC access and set the VNC password via the kickstart command. The long and short? If you want to change the VNC passoword do this:

Anyone who didn't read the comments wouldn't know that kickstart now takes plain text passwords. The person who wrote the post used strange template structure that made his idea hard to read and understand. That's where the most up to date information will be, if there is any. Something I've learned from reading "how-to" blogs is that you should always read the comments first. Justin seemed to think that it was possible to change the VNC password through the command line, so I google it and read a post from 2 years ago. I could connect via ssh, and Justin could ping it but attempting to connect with VNC wasn't working. I was stuck in trying to access one of our xserve machines that just got moved from the QA network to the Build network.
