OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Can't Login On Any User Account
Apr 26, 2012I've typed in my usual password on my user account and nothing happens! I'm using a mac mini. Â
View 13 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Move Imap Account To New User Account?
Jun 25, 2012Up till now, all the family have been using just one user account on our iMac. (OK, I now know that's not a good idea!) I'm now going to be working from home so have set up a new user as Work. I've been using an IMAP mail service in Mail on the family user account and I've now set it up on the work account. If I delete the IMAP account from Mail in the family user account, will this delete my mail off the IMAP server so I cannot access it on the wrok user account?
View 1 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Snow Leopard Kernel Panic When Login As User
Aug 29, 2009I've upgraded my MBP to Snow Leopard today from Leopard and I'm getting a Kernel Panic when I login as one user. Logging in as an Admin user or a new user account is fine, and I still get the Kernel Panic if I boot up in to Safe Mode. It's obviously a problem with the user account and looking at the dump log it seems to be caused trying to mount something, but I can't for the life of me track it down.
[Code]
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: SW User Account Permissions?
Apr 13, 2012I've noticed a quirk in SW. If one deletes an account (for example, the original Admin account) and answers that he would like to delete the home folder, more often than not, he is asked for the permission of an Admin account. However, if one doesn't enter the credentials and presses cancel, the account (and home folder) disappear anyway. Is this normal? Or is there data residue hiding somewhere.Â
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Deleting A User Account On Mac?
Jun 18, 2012Okay, so a few months ago I was using a tutorial on how to set up a Minecraft server on my Mac, and I went to the part about making a server daemon, which is supposed to have the server automatically running 24/7 from your computer.Well I never got that working and I don't play Minecraft anymore, but when I turn on my computer, at the login screen, it has my main User, then this _minecraft user. The _minecraft user isn't under Accounts in System Preferences, and I looked in the Users folder, it's not there either.This is the tutorial I used to make it if that helps at all [url]
Info:
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X Mavericks :: Possible To Run User Account With Snow Leopard
Jun 21, 2014I am wondering if it is possible to run a user account with Snow Leopard and another one with Maverick on the same iMac (2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)?
View 7 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Login Loop On Admin Account?
May 16, 2012I started having problems a couple of weeks ago with logging into my main account, I have 10.6.8, when I login to my main account it will either just be blue or maybe show the background image then will return to the login screen, I could access my guest account fine, so I created a new admin account and used console to grab the log when I tried to log into my original account.Â
[Code]....
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Install On Another User Account On The Same Computer?
Feb 10, 2012Is it possible to install leopard on another user account on the same computer?
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
OS X :: Snow Leopard Guest Account Bug Deletes User Data
Oct 12, 2009Reports of a potentially critical Snow Leopard bug that can erase a user's account data have continued to surface since the operating system's debut [Updated with Apple official comment].
Since Mac OS X 10.6 launched in late August, numerous reports online have detailed the issue, which is triggered by logging in and out of a guest account on a Snow Leopard machine. Upon logging back in to their regular account, users will find that it has been wiped of all data.
The issue has prompted numerous threads (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the Apple Support Discussions, with reports suggesting the issue cannot be reproduced with any exact certainty. Apple has yet to publicly acknowledge the issue.
"When I logged into my MacBook Pro this morning, it was as if I had logged into my Guest Account and not my standard user profile," user parshallnet said. "No icons on the desktop, the desktop wallpaper was the default 'space' photo and not the one I had assigned, no documents in the docs folder, apps behaved as if I'd never opened them before."
The issue was initially reported when Snow Leopard first launched, but complaints have grown as adoption of the platform has continued. Monday, Engadget highlighted the issue.
A month ago, CNet detailed a potential fix for the issue, which is reportedly caused when users have had a guest account enabled for login prior to the install of Snow Leopard. The easiest way to avoid the issue is disabling the guest account.
If afflicted by the bug, the home folder can be restored, though without a backup, the loss of data is likely permanent. If a user has Time Machine running, they can restore their Snow Leopard installation while holding 'C' at startup and choosing "Restore from Backup" from the "Utilities" menu.
Update: In a brief statement, Apple acknowledged the issue Monday evening, according to CNet
"We are aware of the issue, which occurs only in extremely rare cases, and we are working on a fix," a spokesperson said in a prepared statement.
Since its launch in August, Snow Leopard has been received with positive reviews and strong sales. A quick update, Mac OS X 10.6.1, was released soon after, but apparently did not provide relief from the guest account bug.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 is currently in beta and only available to developers. It has nearly 150 general focus areas.
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: File Permissions - Edit A User Account?
Mar 30, 2012file permissions - how to edit a user account that is creating files with permissions that are not wanted anymore. i understand how to reset permissions on files or folders, but i do not understand how to reset the permissions a user is "creating". ie, each time this user creates a file, the file needs to be manually edited for its permissions. so i need to edit the user's settings, but i can't find where to do that. this is a home office setup. we have two users with admin privileges. our imac is acting as a server of sorts - it holds common files that need to be edited by both users. the other user is typically working on shared files from a macbook over wifi.Â
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Change User Account Name Or Home Directory Name?
May 20, 2012I have renamed my home directory using the root then I restarted the computer. Then, I logged on with the same account that I have and I found that all the old folders have been moved to a new folder in the new directory under the old directory name.How to get back!I tried to rename it again by replacing the new name with the old name but it didn't work.. is there anyway to undo the change!! Â
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Change User Account Name Or Home Directory Name?
May 23, 2012iMac OS X 10.6.8. previously migrated account -- need to rename the account at the destination. Step 6 in the support page does not occur. I never get a chance to hit OK to this: 6. Click OK when "A folder in the Users folder already has the name 'account name'. Would you like to use that folder as the Home folder for this user account?" appears. Note: This will correct the ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions issues with the contents. A red flag appears in the field that conflicts (either the short name or the full name). The name(s) cannot be changed! must cancel out.Â
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Previously migrated account
OS X Server V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Why Does Networked User's Screensaver Lock Their Account
Mar 22, 2012I am running a Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Server and have configured a global security policy using the following command: [code] When a network user is logging in from the login screen, it disables the users account after 3 attempts.This is the behaviour I expect (maxFailedLoginAttempts=3).When a user locks thier screen, a password is required to return to the desktop (also part of the intended security policy).If a user enters an incorrect password for the screensaver, it immediately locks the the networked account. To be clear, it takes only one failed attempt to lock a networked user's account from the screensaver.I have tested local accounts set up with the same global password policy, and the screensaver locks the account after 3 failed attempts, as I would expect.Anyone know how to make the screesaver not be so fussy?
Info:
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Server
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Access Time Machine Files If The User Account Is Deleted?
Apr 25, 2012I just made a TM backup of two user accounts (A & B) on one iMac.I now want to delete the files and accounts from the iMac and create a new user account.(A & B shared this computer and it is now going to be used by a third person alone. I don't want all the additional unused A & B account data clogging the hard drive.)Â If I delete the original A & B user accounts, will I still be able to access the backed up files? How?
Info:
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5), iBook G4/iMacFP/G4Tower/Bondi/3400/165/SE/Plus
OS X Server V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Calculate The Open Directory Size Of Every User Account?
Jun 13, 2012We use on our Server the OD. About 25 User can ue with their Account every Computer in the Office. Now wo saw the size of the harddrive has very less free space. When we click Apple-I on the users we see it is very low space uses, but this is because all the private folders are blocked. Is their a way to calculate the Open Directory size of every User Account?Â
View 2 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Refreshing User Account On Each Login?
Dec 22, 2009I manage about 10 mac's here at work and would like to set up a user account for students. I am hoping that it is possible to setup a user account in such a way that any changes made whilst the student is logged in will be erased and refreshed for the next student.
I know that I can do this with the guest account but I've discovered that this is not suitable for what I need due to me not being able to create login items (specifically network volumes).
I've not done any scripting or anything like that but I was thinking of copying a script that would take a backup of the user's home directory upon login, then upon logout, the current home directory would be deleted and replaced with the backup that was taken earlier.
However, I'm guessing this will turn to poop if the student simply pulls the plug so I guess everything would have to be done upon login..
Intel Mac :: New "Other" User Account Appears On User-list At Login?
Feb 1, 2012Today when I turned on my iMac, it went to the login screen and then something odd happened. I saw a second account on the login list that i never made. It is called "Other: and has an icon with lines and spheres (like a networking icon). Also when I click on it, it asks for a name and password.I logged into account and went straight to System Preferences ->Accounts and there is no "Other" in the list of accounts there on the left.just my account. Is this a virus or have I been hacked? Or is this is bug?
Info:
iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier
OS X :: Login Password Not Accepted For User Account
Jan 26, 2009Technically this isn't my problem but my cousin's problem. He has a Macbook Pro and recently had to reinstall Mac OS X, from what I understand he used time machine to restore his files, settings, account, etc. And apparently now on login his password to his account is not accepted. He stated that he did not change the password from what it was before the reinstall of his OS.
View 4 Replies View RelatedOS X :: User Account Not Visiable On Login Page - How To Fix It
Feb 4, 2010I have 3 daughters sharing an eMac running 10.5.8 and one of my daughters accounts no longer is viewable from the login page that has my admin login and other daughters logins.
Under the finder>Macintosh HD>Users I see her folder.
Under Apple>Sys Prefs>Accounts I do NOT see her as an account.
If I try and create the account using the same name it tells me that a folder in the users folder has the same name and would I like to use that folder as the home folder for that account. I have chosen OK but the account is still not visable under SysPrefs or the login page.
I am sure there is a simple box to check some where but can't find it, does someone have a cure?
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Can't Login To Filevault User Account
Jun 1, 2012I'm now unable to log in to an account, I get the following error: You are unable to log in to the Filevault user account ___ at this time. Log in in failed because an error occurred. I know my password is correct btw. This is an account on a partition on the drive of a Macbook Pro.
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
OS X Server V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Push Login Script From Server To User Workstations?
Mar 22, 2012i have a domain controller and active directory based policy win 2003, one xserve running mac os x server 10.6.8 and alot of macs workstations. How can i push login script on all macs without adding it in login items? The script i want to store on smb or afp share disk, and will be edited from time to time. I've tried to add it on xserve from WGM, but it threw an error that current directory schema doesn't store desktop settings.So how can i solve this?
View 2 Replies View RelatedSoftware :: Can't Login, User Account Disappeared - How To Restore
Jan 17, 2011Recently I restarted my Mac and when it came to the password prompt, my password did not work. I tried it several times, and it even gave me the password hint. I clicked "back", and the only user option is "Other". What should I do to restore my profile and login?
View 2 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Remove The User Account From Login Screen?
Apr 16, 2012when i start or re-start my computer a user account is now showing up and didn't before. I would like to know if anyone knows where to go in the settings to turn this off? I have tried everything I could find.Â
View 8 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Login To User Account After Migrating To New MacBook
May 18, 2012I just migrated my old MacBook running Snow Leopard to my new MacBook running Lion. After successfully migrating, I am presented with a login for "Guest" only. That is the only account available to me for some reason. When I try to enter every password I can think of, I am given the password hint "guest". Entering that does not work. I've tried the usual Apple public passwords too. What is going on here? What happened to my migrated user account? I went through the entire setup configuration of Lion and even entered and submitted my personal data to Apple for registration. I just say, not impressed with Lion so far ...
View 12 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: Login Screen Shows One User Account?
Jun 2, 2012A machine we have has 4-5 user accounts on it. The login screen GUI just has one user visible and I can't figure out how to log with my user ID and password. There aren't many places to click & I've tried pretty much every thing I can think of to log in as a different user. Am I missing anything obvious? Is there a chance that only certain accounts are enabled for logging in after a reboot?
View 1 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: My User Account Picture Does Not Appear On Login Screen
Jun 17, 2012I just noticed that my User Account Picture does not appear on my Login Screen in OS X 10.7.4 Lion. It never has and I just noticed on another Screen shot of someone else's login screen that their login picture is showing. I kind of like it. Can anyone tell me how to get it to display there? My computer was originally set to autologin when I first got it but I set it to require name and password.
View 4 Replies View RelatedSoftware :: Error Message: You Can't Login To The User Account At This Time
Feb 23, 2009I think i erased something i shouldn't have and my mac won't let me login. Its the correct password and I think I might need an installation disc.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: Disable Guest User Account At Mac Login Screen?
Apr 18, 2012I disable the guest user from panel of preferences users and groups but in the login screen but in the login screen still remains. Why?
Info:
iMac (24-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Unable To Login To User Account - System Hang And Restart
Sep 2, 2010
previously i have a problem for unable to login after my MBP hanged and restart.
i search online and found a solution to it which is to remove ATIRadeonX1000.kext . however by doing this there is a lot of inconvinent for me.
so i would like to ask if there is anyone here who has got a better solution?
Intel Mac :: Cannot Get Automatic Login To Work : You Did Not Enter The Correct Password For The User Account
Feb 15, 2012have tried everything on here but can not get automatic login to work just say you did not enter the correct password for the user account?
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
