how to change standard account to adminstrator

Just got this iMac and somehow changed the admin account to standard. Cannot find password or admin account.

what to do next?

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Sep 1, 2018 5:10 PM

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rkaufmann87

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Sep 1, 2018 8:59 PM in response to layton100

Here is an article that explains how:

http://osxdaily.com/2016/11/01/convert-user-to-admin-account-command-line-mac/

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