Run the Repair Permissions portion of the Disk Utility app (located in
Applications --> Utilities folder).
Then use the following with extreme caution:
Enable the root user, then log in as root and delete the account and
perform any miscellaneous housekeeping stuff that you think need to be
done. Log out and back in as the other admin and turn root access off.
(If is even a good idea to disconnect from the internet while you are
doing this because if there is some sort of strange access mix-up while
root is running the show, those trying to get into the machine won't be
able grab root's info, plus it reminds you to turn root off before you
plug back into the 'net.). You can also do this with the SU command in
Terminal, but you have to muck around with the NetInfo database and a
few other things and that approach is more for the power user than the
casual user.
Jerry
On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 10:34 AM, Tyson Schmick wrote:
> I'm trying to delete a user in OS X (10.2) and I've logged in under an
> administrator and gone to the System Preferences and highlighted the
> user
> and click delete user. It goes through as if it's deleting it and even
> creates an archive file for that user, but it never deletes them from
> the
> list, the login, their home account or anything. This user does happen
> to be
> the first account created on the computer, so is that why it isn't
> deleting,
> if so is there a way around it? Thanks.
>
> Tyson
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