Posted on 12-02-2011 05:47 AM
Dear all,
I would like to know which plist and other files I need to pack when I want to change an existing account from normal user to Administrator.
This is for a running Netboot image so using a command wont help since every time the machines are restarted will loose this.
Thanks
Carmelo Lopez Portilla
ITS EMBL Heidelberg
lopez at embl.de
+49 6221 3878444
Posted on 12-02-2011 06:32 AM
The only thing that changes is group membership in the directory services database.
Posted on 12-02-2011 06:34 AM
Hi Thomas,
so that is what I did, modified the /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/groups/admin.plist and working.
thanks a lot!!
cheers
Carmelo
Posted on 12-02-2011 07:31 AM
It is probably "safer" to not modify the plist directly if this is what you
mean by your message.
Here is the way to add someone from a directory service to the admin group,
for example.
dseditgroup -o edit -n /Local/Default -u localadmin -p -a networkuser -t
user admin
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4332
Good luck,
Ryan M. Manly
Glenbrook High Schools