Account Name Error

When I go to system preferences and click the lock to make changes, or when I try to download new updates and such, the name and password section are both blank and when I type in the administrators name and password it says "please try again." So, I can't unlock my computer to add new updates or change settings...
Anybody have any suggestions?

Click Restart at the login window
While the computer is restarting, hold down "Command-S" until you see text scrolling through the window. This boots the computer into single user mode.
At the Localhost% prompt type:
/sbin/mount -uw /
/sbin/SystemStarter
You will then see various services starting up.
When the Localhost% prompt reappears, type:
passwd root
It will then ask you to type the new root password twice, so do so.
After entering the new password, type:
reboot
At the login window, enter username root with the new password.
More on root user
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290

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Mail account name error

I had some problems with an email account in Mail.app so i deleted the account. When i wan't to add a new account and give it the same name the account i deleted had it gives me the message;
Error
You already have an account named:
"xxx".
I tried deleting the .plist file, deleting the Enveloppe Index and reinstalling Mail.app using Pacifist.
It still gives me the error message when trying to use the name i want.
Mail still thinks i have the old account. When opening the GrowlMail preference tab it displays the old account as an option to choose from. Even if it isn't in my accounts list.
Does anyone know some other option to reset Mail in order to get rid of this problem.
Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
So, do I understand you right: in Mail's Preferences > Accounts the specific account doesn't show up anymore, but Mail still won't let you create a new account with the same name?
Well, you could check in <your-home-folder>/Library/Mail whether there's a folder labeled after that account. If so, try moving it to the Desktop. Maybe that will convince Mail to let you create the account. If not, you still can move the folder back to where it came from.
floba
(MN424)
Message was edited by: floba

Can not receive Mac mail -error Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct. Account name: "MacMail"

Can not receive Mac mail -error Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct. Account name: "MacMail"
What are the correct mail account settings and more importantly the correct DNS settings
Thank you for any help you may be able to provide
Cheers
Chris (iMac i7)

Do not delete the old account yet. sign up for an iCloud account if you haven't.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
You cannot use .mac or MobileMe as type of Account, you have to choose IMAP when setting up, otherwise Mail is hard coded to change imap.mail.me.com to mail.me.com & smtp.mail.me.com to smtp.me.com, no matter what you try to enter.
iCloud Mail setup, do not choose .mac or MobileMe as type, but choose IMAP...
On second step where it asks "Description", it has to be a unique name, but you can still use your email address.
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
          •          Server name: imap.mail.me.com
          •          SSL Required: Yes
          •          Port: 993
          •          Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
          •          Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
          •          Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
          •          SSL Required: Yes
          •          Port: 587
          •          SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
          •          Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
          •          Password: Your iCloud password
Also, you must upgrade your password to meet the new criteria: 8 characters, including upper and lower case and numbers. If you have an older password that does not meet these criteria, when you try to setup mail on your mac, using all of the IMAP criteria listed above, it will still give a server error message. Go to   http://appleid.apple.com         then follow directions to change your password, then go back to setting up your mail using the IMAP instructions above.
Thanks to dpepper...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3867171?tstart=0

Sync error incorrect account name or password

I attempted to activate sync between my desktop and my Android phone today. I have used Firefox as my desktop browser for probably about a decade. I had synced this computer once before without issue to a previous phone, but I did not like the mobile app on the phone I had at the time and I deleted the sync on both devices and my account. Now, I love your mobile app for my Android phone and wanted to give sync another try.
Since I had deleted the previous account, I attempted to start from scratch today. Firefox allows me to enter an email address and password into the create an account screen without issue. Once I get to the sync screen where it says it's attempting to upload to sync, I get an error at the bottom of the screen that states "Sync encountered an error while syncing: Incorrect account name or password. Sync will automatically retry this action. [Preferences]"
I have tried to update my password, but an error comes up which says that the server rejects the password every time I attempt to update it. My email/account name for sync is "[email protected]", and I am using a password that is more than eight characters, consisting of letters and numbers. I can log into my sync account without problem, but my computer will not sync and gives the same errors every time I attempt to sync. Out of sheer frustration, I have deleted my account and tried to start from scratch over a dozen times throughout the day, and the same error always occurs. I have also cleared my internet data to see if that would correct the issue. I would really love to be able to sync my devices. I have left my sync account active in the hope that you can help me correct this problem. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I had this problem, but fixed it. The culprit was '''custom privacy/history settings that were set to clear saved passwords on exit''', i.e:
Options > Privacy > History > "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history" > "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings > Data > Saved Passwords
This made firefox clear all saved passwords (which is generally what I wanted, as I use LastPass for password management), including the Mozilla Services Password (which is NOT what I wanted, as I still want to use Firefox Sync).
To see if you're having the same problem:
# After setting up sync, make sure that you have two lines in Saved Passwords (which you can find under Options > Security > Saved Passwords) starting with "chrome://weave" and mentioning Mozilla Services.
# Restart Firefox and check if the Mozilla Services passwords are gone. If they are, check if you have the same custom privacy settings that I have.
For the devs: If I may suggest a solution, I would make the Mozilla Services password entries excempt from the clear-saved-passwords option. (Yes, I realize that adding exceptions to the rule, like this, is probably easier said than done.)

When trying to sync, I get an error message "account name missing".

I just tried configuring Firefox Sync on my laptop and desktop (both Macs), with the laptop as source of the sync data. When I try to connect to the server, however, I get an error message "connecting to server failed" on the laptop and "account name missing" on the desktop (error messages are paraphrased from Dutch). What's going on and how can I fix it?

This isn't "a few minutes of sync errors", this has been going on for nearly a day now. It seems unlikely that it has anything to do with the maintenance.

FF16 always fails to sync, it always shows "Sync encountered an error while syncing: Incorrect account name or password. Sync will automatically retry this."

I'm having this problem since few releases ago, whenever I start FF, it always fails to sync, showing this line on the bottom "Sync encountered an error while syncing: Incorrect account name or password. Sync will automatically retry this action". First thought that the prob was incorrect credentials, but I can freely log-in https://account.services.mozilla.com I tried unlinking and linking my device again, it still happens.
I waited thinking that they'll fix this, from a release to another, today updated to the last version and it still happened.
Firefox: ~16.02
Windows 7 Ult SP1
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4070/ffsyncprob.png
Awaiting reply,
Thanks.

I am having this problem with FF 19.0.2 on Win 7 Pro. The sequence of events is:
1. Start Firefox. Get the error bar about incorrect account name or password EVERY time. I close the bar. If I wait a while and then ask FF to try again the error bar reappears.
2. Click on preferences from the bar, and get a dialog "Your password was rejected by the server, please update your password." I click "update" and then am prompted for the master password for the security device. I enter that and am presented with an "update password" dialog.
3. Enter my old password and click "update password." Receive error message "Password incorrect, please try again." I click update again and get the message "Your password has been changed."
4. However now Sync no longer seems to be set up. I go through the setup ritual again, and find I am back where I started.
I have cleared cookies, tried everything in safe mode, and unlinked and relinked the computer. I have verified I have the right password entered at [https://account.services.mozilla.com/ https://account.services.mozilla.com/] None of this helped. The problem is still there, even in safe mode.

Why do I get the "incorrect account name or password" error every time I launch firefox?

I've created a sync account so that my laptop and desktop can share bookmarks, history, etc., but every time I launch FF, I get the yellow bar at the bottom of windows saying:
"Sync encountered an error while syncing: Incorrect account name or password. Sync will automatically retry this action."
I go into my sync preferences and manually log into sync. It seems fine. It tells me that syncing will begin.
Stuff syncs.
Then if I have to relaunch firefox, the same thing happens. Why is it not storing the password?
This happens on both laptop and desktop, which are Macs on Yosemite running Firefox 35.0.

See if changing the password helps.
I've called the big guys to help you. Good luck.
These can't get your data back, but will help in the future.
These add-ons can be a great help by backing up and restoring Firefox
'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/ FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)]''' {web link}
FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your
Firefox extensions, history, passwords, and more.
In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild
your saved files individually into installable .xpi files.
It will also make backup of files that you choose.
'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/opie/ OPIE]''' {web link}
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Getting error message " Sync encountered an error while connecting. Missing account name. please try again.

When trying sync I am getting error message " Sync encountered an error while connecting, Missing account name. Please try again"

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Unable to log in to the user account (name) at this time

I get this error message when I try to log-in in my main admin account. And this is not a lost password issue I know im typing the write password because when I type a wrong one the box shakes when I type the right one it gives me that message.
I tried alot of stuff to gain access to it but I cannot, the only thing that I can do is go in as root user and extract the files that I had in there, but I have no physcial access to the login it self, I started making a different account name for it but I dont want to lose all my prefrenses although I think the only thing that is making it this way is File Vault (its swtiched on for the locked out account)
Any thoughts?

I'm also getting the dreaded "You are unable to log in to the user account __ at this time" but believe this happened when I inadvertently tuned off an external hard drive without ejecting it first. At first, I thought it was a File Vault problem, but my user.sparseimage file is still there and accessible once I changed the permissions to those of another user account.
What I have come to believe, based on other postings I have read on this topic, at least in my case, is that I must have corrupted the logged in user on the netinfo file. The solutions I've seen so far for fixing the netinfo file seem pretty complicated, though I do have a backup of that file.
I have yet to decide whether the netinfo problem is easily fixable or if I would better employ my time moving my iTunes and iPhoto files off that sparse image and into another user account. I'm open to suggestions.
Bill
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I have connected a new time capsule to a dsl modem. It doesnt see the internet. Airport utility says: Disconnected. But it isnt. Internet tab shows PPPoE. Must I enter Account Name or Password? If so, where do I find them? If not, what do I do?

I have connected a new Time Capsule to a DSL modem using an ethernet cable . The modem is working fine and connected fine. But the Time Capsule doesnt seem to be talking to the modem. If I click the internet Icon in Airport Utility it shows Disconnected.If I click the Time Capsule icon and go to the internet tab it shows Connect using PPPoE. Is that what it should be? In the box below there is place for an account name and password. DO I need to filll these out and if so what do I put there--information about the Time Capsule of informationabout the Modem? And where do I find the information.
Or am I completely on the wrong track.

Thanks. The modem is a Speedtouch ST585 v6. How do I know whether it is in adsl bridge? Also this is a modem-***-router. Does that make a difference?
If you did not put it in bridge then it is not in bridge..
Connect a computer directly to the modem.. open the browser to either 192.168.1.254 or 10.0.0.138 (if neither of those work you will have to check the IP address your ISP has set).
BTW who is your ISP and do they allow PPPoE.. for instance most ISP in UK do not use pppoe so you have no choice but to run the 585 as a router. In which case bridge the TC
Anyway.. open the setup configuration in the Thomson and select a template that says bridge.. run through the wizard and it will then bridge the modem.
And I am using Airport Utility 6.0. How do I get the earlier version?
By reading the site link I just gave you.. downloading the utility and running it on your computer. Or simply google to 5.6 lion airport utility... that is the way I find things when I don't have the link memorised.
Finally, AIrport Utility shows a number in a red dot next to the time capsule icon, currently 2. What is that for? What does it tell us?
Firstly download the useful utility.. but the dots tell you something is wrong and preventing the TC from working.. if you open the utility it should tell you what the errors mean.. I cannot tell you what they are, but it is likely to be no internet connection and pppoe has failed.

Since the upgrade, my Icloud account is picking up a former account name-e mail address I no longer have that address and cannot seem to be able to edit it to change it the password is always wrong, no matter what i try

since the upgrade, my I phone I cloud account is picking up my former e mail address/account name and I cannot access it because it keeps denying the passwords I try I no longer have that e mail address either I can access I cloud and I tunes on my laptop with the correct account name/password,but not my phone the i tunes account works fine on the phone--correct name--just not i cloud i tried changing it from my computer back to the old address then changing it to the new address and verifying by e mail but nothing happened

Hello there, Nana2054.
The following Knowledge Base article provides some great recommendations for resolving your issue:
iOS 7: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5223
This additional article can provide some assistance as well, if you are still getting an error message concering your password for that account:
iCloud: "Incorrect Apple ID or Password" alert when setting up iCloud after upgrading to iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5207
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Group Policy won't apply, No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.

I am using Group Policy Preferences to remove users from the local admin group and add a local admin account. This GPO is working on 90% of the Win7 machines on the network, but three laptops are not accepting the GPO. I get the following error:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Group Policy Local Users and Groups
Date:          6/24/2014 8:49:28 AM
Event ID:      4098
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      laptop1.internal.com
Description:
The user 'Administrators' preference item in the 'Local Admin Policy - Remove Permissions {593ACD77-3663-4023-BEB8-938D83F7862E}' Group Policy object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070534 No mapping between account names and security
IDs was done.' This error was suppressed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Group Policy Local Users and Groups" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="34305">4098</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>2</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-24T13:49:28.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>68771</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>laptop1.internal.com</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>user</Data>
    <Data>Administrators</Data>
    <Data>Local Admin Policy - Remove Permissions {593ACD77-3663-4023-BEB8-938D83F7862E}</Data>
    <Data>0x80070534 No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I've searched high and low for an answer and nothing I find on-line seems to apply. I also notice that the option to 'Run as Administrator' does not work. If I right-click on cmd.exe and select 'run as administrator', the command box opens but
I am not prompted for credentials and the command box does not have admin rights. Not sure if this is related or not.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe

Hi,
Delete your remove action from the GPP and push it again, does this issue still occur?
If it still exists, let’s collect the GPP log for analysis:
Group policy Preference debug logging policy settings are located under:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy
Click Logging and tracing, select local users and group preference logging and trace.
Meanwhile, just a similar issue, but it is worth trying:
A user is added to the wrong group on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2280515
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The password for the account "account name" was not changed. Your system administrator may not allow you to change your password or there was some other problem with your password. Contact your system administrator for help.

I have a user who's Active Directory password is going to expire. I had her reset her password by going to apple > system prefs > user > and clicking change password. She received the error "The password for the account "account name" was not changed. Your system administrator may not allow you to change your password or there was some other problem with your password. Contact your system administrator for help."
I had her change her password via the kpasswd command in terminal and that changed her password on the server sucessfully however the laptop has FileVault on it. Filevault is not recognizing the new password just the old password.
I have deleted the keychain which didn't resolve and now I am going to decrypt and reencrypt the drive. I'm hoping this is an isolated issue I have over 25 laptops configured like this.

I "think" the trick was unbinding and rebinding the computer account.
After unencrypting and trying to reencrypt Filevault would still not take the new password.
Rebooted the prompt to update the keychain appeared. Updated the keychain. Filevault would still not take the new password.
Unbinded and rebinded the computer account. It worked and let me add the user to filevault.

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The first song I purchased from the iTunes
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Every other song I have purchased since then
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The header appears to be missing or corrupt
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when I click them and press play, I get no
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I have about had it with the lack of response
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Hi ailurous,
I run repair permissions all the time without first booting from the install disk. It works fine. On the other hand, attempting to Repair Disk without booting from the install disk will not work.
I'm thinking something other than faulty permissions is causing your problems..
That being said, I'd suggest booting off your install disk, running Disk Utility, and selecting First Aid>Repair Disk.
If it says that it couldn't repair the disk, just keep running it until it gives you the Disk Successfully Repaired message.
Let us know if this helps or if you get some error messages.
Bob

No mapping between account names and security IDs was done

I've to give access rights to some folders of server from client machine.
But using prompt
ECHO Y|CACLS S:\END /E /P 15dsd1s.DBSERVER\Administrator:F
its showing me the error
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