I installed server and fiddling around settings and I unchecked administer this account and the server crashed immediately.
Now I am listed as standard user and cannot perform any changes:
$ dscl . -read /groups/admin GroupMembership
GroupMembership: root
I thought there will be atleast 1 user to administer the whole computer excluding root :(. How can I get back. Quite panicked as I might loose everything.
Best Answer
You can try whether
sudo -s
still works (which would allow you to add yourself to the admin group again), but probably it won't.Do the following
/sbin/mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot
This will trick your Mac into behaving like a new installation (but with your data still intact). Follow the setup without migrating any data etc., near the end you will have the option to create a new user with admin privileges. Make sure to pick a new username here to avoid any conflicts.