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Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name
By: Admin Date: September 16, 2010, 4:14 pm
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Changing the short name
Though there are other methods by which an advanced user may
change the short name and related information, the easier and
safer workaround is to create a new user with the desired name,
then copy the old user's Home directory contents into that of
the new user.
Warning!! Please do not do this unless you are certain that you
know what you are doing be sure to Disable the ROOT account when
you are done to prevent unwanted access to your files!!!
Before following these steps, you may wish to back up your
important data.
For Mac OS X 10.5 or later
1. Enable
HTML http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528
the root user.
2. Log in as root.
3. Navigate to the /Users folder.
4. Select the Home folder with the short name you want to
change, and rename it just like you would rename any folder.
Keep in mind that the shortname must be all lowercase, with no
spaces, and only contain letters.
5. Use the Accounts pane in System Preferences to create a
new user with the short name that you used in the previous step.
6. Click OK when "A folder in the Users folder already has
the name 'short name'. Would you like to use that folder as the
Home folder for this user account?" Note: This will correct the
ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions
issues with the contents.
7. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
8. Log in as the newly created user. You should be able to
access all of your original files (on the desktop, in Documents,
and in the other folders of this Home).
9. After verifying that your data is as expected, you can
delete the original user account via the Accounts pane of System
Preferences.
10. Disable the root user.
Taken from apples support site:
HTML http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428?viewlocale=en_US
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