MacOS – Standard user cannot change password

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On my macbook, running OSX Mavericks, my daughter has a standard-user account.

I wanted to show her how to change her login password under:

SystemPreferences > Users & Groups > ChangePassword

That button was greyed out, even after the padlock was opened.

Note: she is under parental control, but even after I temporarily lifted that, changing the password was not possible.


Any ideas, on how to allow my daughter to change her login password?

Best Answer

Okay, I just figured out what was wrong. I had actually disabled my daughter to change her password under parental control (ages ago when I've set it up). To undo that I had to

SystemPreferences > ParentialControls > Other

where I could untick the box "Disable changing the password".