10. Manage Password Changes Flashcards

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  1. How can you change your local computer account password?
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  1. You can change your own local account passwords from the General pane of Security & Privacy preferences.
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  1. How can you reset the another user account password in macOS High Sierra?
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  1. You can reset other user account passwords from Users & Groups preferences by selecting the user account you want to change and then clicking Reset Password.
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  1. How are users’ login keychains affected when they change their own account passwords?
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  1. If your login password doesn’t match your login keychain password, when you login into your Mac, macOS creates new empty keychain items for you that match your login keychain.
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  1. How can you reset a user’s lost account password if they can’t log in to their Mac?
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  1. You can use the Reset Password assistant available from macOS Recovery.
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  1. How does resetting a user’s account password affect that user’s login keychain?
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  1. If your login password doesn’t match your login keychain password, macOS creates new empty keychain items for you that match your login keychain. If the user remembers their old password, you can retrieve the archived keychain.
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  1. When can you reset a login password with an Apple ID?
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  1. You can reset a login password with an Apple ID if you provided your Apple ID when you created your first user account during Setup Assistant
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  1. How does Firmware Password Utility help prevent users from making unauthorized password changes?
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  1. A firmware password prevents users who don’t have the password from starting up from any disk other than the designated startup disk
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