> OnFri, 5 Aug 2022 14:58:41 -0500,Ryan Schmidt <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2022, at 10:01, Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> >> 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? > > The Migration Assistant moves any migrated users' home directories into > /Users. This is wrong for the macports user and any users MacPorts ports > created so if you used Migration Assistant to migrate such users you'll have > to manually fix the home directories afterward. First you'll have to figure > out where the home directory of each user should be (e.g. by reading the > Portfile of the port that created the user). Then you'll have to use dscl to > change the NFSHomeDirectory of the user to that value. And move the actual > home directory on disk from wherever Migration Assistant put it in /Users > back to where it should be. It's rather annoying.
I finally took the coward’s way out: uninstalled MacPorts completely and deleted the macports user, then reinstalled MacPorts and my ports. --- Murray Eisenberg [email protected] Mobile (413)-427-5334 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Rockville, MD 20850-6667
