Hi John You can avoid root by doing this...
http://mmug.org.uk/content/changing-account-name-mac-os-x-106 Cheers B. 2010/1/19 John <[email protected]>: > Hi > > My wife has an intel based iMac running Snow Leopard. When I > originally set the software up I used my name rather than hers for the > home folder. Big mistake! > > I have been trying to work out how to change the name and googled > ‘Snow Leopard rename home folder’ which returned, among other things, > a link to an Apple Support article at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428 > > This all looks straightforward once you have logged in as the root > user. Another article at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528 explains > how to do this. Only problem is, Directory Utility doesn’t appear to > exist the machine. It should be in Applications/Utilities, I believe. > When I look on our other macs, which are still running 10.5.8, I can > see Directory Utility at this location. Is it now invisible or is it > just plain absent? > > Any advice anyone? If I copy this and ‘Directory’ into Snow Leopard > from another machine and try to enable root user will it work or will > the whole thing go egg-shaped? > > Kind regards > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk
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