In a message posted already in this list’s archives but not yet appearing in
the batched emails I receive from the list, Johsua Root writes:
“ … the 'macports’ user… should be as unprivileged as possible, and
thus not a member of any groups other than its own.
"TBH, the easiest fix is probably to delete the 'macports' user and
group, and let them be recreated by the installer during step 2 of the
Migration process."
How does one, in fact, delete the ‘macports’ user and group before letting them
be recreated by the installer during Step 2 of the MacPorts migration process?
(I note that no user ‘macports’ shows in System Preferences > Users & Groups
even though user ‘macports’ appears on the macOS login screen.)
> On 31 Jul2022, at 11:27 AM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> As follow-up:
>
> What user group should macadmin belong to? During the migration I was asked
> whether to use a temporary something-or-other for macports user or else to
> make it part of the admin group. I did the latter.
>
>
>> On 31 Jul2022, at 11:01 AM, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> On an iMac I was running MacPorts 2.7.2 under macOS Monterey 12.5. I used
>> the macOS Migration Assistant to migrate Documents and Settings from a Time
>> Machine backup of that iMac to a new Mac Studio, also running macOS 12.5.
>>
>> Now at the login screen I show a user MacPorts, but I do not see such user
>> listed when, in my admin account, I use System Preferences > Users & Groups.
>>
>> What, if anything, should be done?
>>
>> (I do realize that I will want to do a migration of MacPorts itself on the
>> new Mac Studio, not least because it is Apple silicon whereas the old iMac
>> was Intel.)
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/317576/how-to-delete-macports-user-after-using-the-migration-assistant
>>
>> <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/317576/how-to-delete-macports-user-after-using-the-migration-assistant>
>>
>> https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/285710/is-it-possible-to-hide-an-account-from-the-login-screen-where-you-can-see-all-th
>>
>> <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/285710/is-it-possible-to-hide-an-account-from-the-login-screen-where-you-can-see-all-th>
>>
>> ---
>> Murray Eisenberg [email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Mobile (413)-427-5334
>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101
>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667
>>
>>
>>
>
> ---
> Murray Eisenberg [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>
> Mobile (413)-427-5334
> 503 King Farm Blvd #101
> Rockville, MD 20850-6667
>
>
>
---
Murray Eisenberg [email protected]
Mobile (413)-427-5334
503 King Farm Blvd #101
Rockville, MD 20850-6667
