Can't reset password from single user

[Jethryn Freyman]

Mounted to drive, booted into single user mode, yet trying to reset the admin password with "passwd" gives me a "cannot create session" error. Has anybody seen this before? Thanks!

 

[MacsRgr8]

Did you mount the filesystem read & write first?

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Did you mount the filesystem read & write first?

Yes, mounted with read and write.