On Aug 6, 2022, at 17:51, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > > OnFri, 5 Aug 2022 14:58:41 -0500,Ryan Schmidt 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.
If none of the ports you had installed had any user accounts, that should work.
