Automatic Login Trouble and Short Name Trouble

Hello everyone,
I just got a fresh install of Leopard going on my Macbook (wiped the hard drive during installation instead of just upgrading the OS), but I'm running into a brick wall (two of them, actually).
First off, for some reason, my Macbook refuses to automatically login. I know this is a good thing in terms of security, but I would really like it to login automatically to save time.
I also made an error in spelling for my computer's home short name, so it is now sitting here with a capitalization problem. I tried to to change the name through Advanced Options in the Accounts section of the System Preferences, but for some reason, the capitalization won't change. I know that's a pretty minor problem, but I'd still like to fix it.
Any help that could be sent my way would be deeply appreciated.
Thank you,
Arcturus

If the short name is a problem, reinstall. Changing this name is a nightmare, usually.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16620
This will help if you want to try it, but it might fail, or screw things up.
Trashing "com.apple.loginwindow.plist", you may cure the login problem. It's in your User/Library/Preference folder.
Did you Migrate anything? If yes, re-migrate from your backup (You have one, right?).

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Can I Change Home Name and Short Name This Way (Safely)?

Tried this question a couple weeks ago and got 0 replies in the Admin/Accounts section, so I'm revising and trying here. Please help!
Let me see if I can make this simple.
Small office environment; 2 Mac (G4's); Airport network. I am admin on both computers. My employee is admin on his computer as well, but not on mine. Each of us has data we use on our own computer but we can access data from the other computer when necessary. We use the same password to login (just for simplicity). My user name is "Joe Smith" and my assistant's is "Bob Lee Brown." His short name is "blb".
My assistant is moving out of town and I'm hiring someone else. I'd like to set up a new user with that person's name ("Jane Jones"). I'd like the entire "Bob Lee Brown" and "blb" off the computer, and have that replaced by "Jane Jones" and "jj" (for a short name) everywhere, for the new assistant. I want to make sure we're still 100% networked when I get done, and that I can still admin both accounts but my new assistant can't admin my computer. In other words, I'd like a clone of what I have now, only with the names changed everywhere.
So - here's the question (in multi-part format):
Should I create a new Admin account on the assistnat's computer, log in as that one and delete the existing one, saving the user prefernces from the deleted user?
In this event, could i take the deleted user file that's saved and import back in all the user preferences - particularly for Word and Entourage?
If this is the right way to go, what would I have to do on my computer to complete the network process? Any keychain issues I'd have to deal with (what and how?)?
Or, should I use ChangeShortName v1.2 (which I've read about in other posts)? Is that safe?
Or should I just tell my new assistant that she's stuck with a he's name and leave well enough alone?
Thanks - been on Macs since 1984, but never had to do this one before and I'm a little concerned I might mess something up without some step-by-step instructions!

I have used ChangeShortName once and it worked fine; a real timesaver. However, I would backup the /Users folder (or the whole drive) and repair permissions first to be on the safe side.
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Archive and install and short name

Does archiving and installing let you create a new short name?
Message was edited by: Chasing Shadow

You're in luck: one of the new and less publicized features of Leopard's Accounts pref panel is that it allows you to change an account's short name, home directory, and login shell. Bring up the panel. Authorize by clicking the lock if needed. Now right-click on an account and choose "Advanced Options..." (the only option there is!) You'll get a dialog with text boxes to change all that and some more. And some warnings about being sure you know what you're doing.

10.6.4 WikiServer only using primary short name

We've recently updated our wiki server from 10.5.8 to 10.6.4. Everything seems to have gone well, except that the wiki server seems to be only picking up the primary short name from our OD server (also 10.6.4). The wiki only allows logins with the short name and only displays the short name on the "My Page" and for editing credits.
Other servers are working fine and allow long names for logging in.
There's nothing the in the OD logs or the wiki server logs that look like something is going wrong when users try to log in with long names.
I've tried the standard restart teams and rebuild globalIndex and dataVersion. They didn't do anything.
Anyone have any ideas?

i am having the same problem... in the log files in the wikiid logs i get an error,
2010-06-21 08:13:02-0600 [HTTPChannel,20,127.0.0.1] Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 184, in addCallbacks
self._runCallbacks()
File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 326, in _runCallbacks
self.result = callback(self.result, *args, **kw)
File "/usr/share/wikid/lib/python/applexmlrpcserver/WebAppServer.py", line 172, in gotCreds
*(ISessionAvatar,))
File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/cred/portal.py", line 115, in login
return maybeDeferred(self.checkers.requestAvatarId, credentials
--- <exception caught here> ---
File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 104, in maybeDeferred
result = f(*args, **kw)
File "/usr/share/wikid/lib/python/apple_utilities/SessionCredentialChecker.py", line 86, in requestAvatarId
user = ds.userNamed(credentials.username)
File "/usr/share/wikid/lib/python/apple_utilities/SQLEntityDirectory.py", line 1169, in userNamed
if not dsattributes.kDS1AttrGeneratedUID in result[nameStr] or not result[nameStr][dsattributes.kDS1AttrGeneratedUID]:
exceptions.KeyError: 'user'
but in the apple password server logs it is accepting the password and any user name associated with the account.
Jun 21 2010 08:13:02 AUTH2: {0x4c1d45be41616e0a0000002500000025, usertest} WEBDAV-DIGEST authentication succeeded.
It seems to me the wiki is not talking to the password server as it used to.
any idea's

Short Name for same user results in different service authorization

New to Mac Server. Not new to Unix, command line, or sys admin.
I have a Mini Server, with two users; me and my wife.
Both Accounts have two short names each: Initals+Lastname, and First Name only
With iChat on the server, my account can login using both short names.
Her account can only login to iChat using the Initals+Lastname, not First Name.
Actually her account can log in to iChat using any variation of short names (I've added extra ones), but not the short name of just her first name.
Both users have identical permissions everywhere I can see, both are authorized for iChat.
The short name works if I remove permissions on iChat (I don't want to do this)
Both users are OD users, not local. I only have an admin account for local access.
Here is a snippet of the Jabber log:
jabberd/c2s[40845]: [11] SASL authentication succeeded: mechanism=DIGEST-MD5; authzid=[email protected], TLS negotiated
jabberd/c2s[40845]: odauth_check_servicemembership: checking user "kaarinas" access for service "chat"
jabberd/c2s[40845]: odauth_check_servicemembership: mbrcheck_servicemembership returned 0
jabberd/c2s[40845]: odauth_check_servicemembership: user "kaarinas" is authorized to access service "chat"
jabberd/c2s[40845]: [11] SASL authentication succeeded: mechanism=DIGEST-MD5; authzid=[email protected], TLS negotiated
jabberd/c2s[40845]: odauth_check_servicemembership: checking user "kaarina" access for service "chat"
jabberd/c2s[40845]: odauth_check_servicemembership: mbrcheck_servicemembership returned 0
jabberd/c2s[40845]: odauth_check_servicemembership: user "kaarina" is not authorized to access service "chat"
I'm stumped as to why one short name would work, the other not. Looking for hints on how to hunt down and solve the problem.

This isn't working for me. There was never a local "intern2" account, but I deleted the one in the ldap anyway, made and removed the local intern2 account. I then remade the intern2 account in the ldap directory(which increased the uid), rebooted the server, and the error remains the same as what you report.
Jun 8 13:36:00 server jabberd/c2s[212]: od_auth_check_service_membership: user "intern2" is not authorized to access service "chat"
There are 12 other accounts connected just fine. The issue is with this new intern account only.
Server 10.6.6.

Macbook won't let me disable automatic login.

I have always had my macbook set to automatically login. Recently, though, I moved and have new roommates. I would like my macbook to require a password before logging in when it is started. I have tried disabling automatic login two different ways:
*System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options > Automatic login: Off*
and
*System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Disable automatic login*
In both cases I click the little lock in the lower left-hand corner and type in my password before changing the setting. After changing the setting, I click the little lock again so it returns to the locked position. However, every time I shut down or restart, my computer automatically logs in and when I look at the system preferences, they are once again set to *Automatic login: [my account name]* and *Disable automatic login* is unchecked.
What can I do to get the settings to remain changed? I am not super tech-savvy, so any suggestions will be appreciated.

What model year it the Mac you have? If it is a Late 2011 or newer model then you can first reinstall the Original version of OS X that came on it by using the Online Internet Recovery system. Hold down the Command+Option/Alt+r key at startup and hold them down until you see a Spinning Globe in the center of the screen. From the screen that comes up use Disk Utility to Repartition the drive as one partition aand when that is done close DU and Select Reinstall Mac OS X.
If it is older then a late 2011 model then you will need the Original System disks for that Mac. These can be order from Apple for a small charge.

Best Practice: changing a user's short name?

I administer the OS X Servers and user accounts at my school, where typically a few teachers will come back from the summer having gotten married and changed their names.
We use a standard for usernames of first letter of first name and last name, where Ann Smith is 'asmith' - when she goes and gets married and wants to be 'ajones' at the beginning of this year, what is the best way to go about this change?
Users have network homes, and IMAP email is on a separate server. Here is what I was thinking:
For the user's files, make a new user with their new username, 'ditto' the contents of the old username's home folder to the new username, and chown/chmod the new folder's contents to match the correct permissions.
For the user's mail, use SirAdmin to add ACL's to the old username's mail folders to be able to read them as the new username, have the new username set up their mail and copy the contents of the old username's mail to their new IMAP folder(s).
Does this make sense or is this far too complicated?
Do I just tell these users to log in using their old name and burn their essentials to a DVD and just worry about helping them with their emails?
Any and all suggestions would be appreciated -- thanks
BC

Hi Blair
These look like good methods to me and should work. You could consider creating a second short name - something suitable like their first name instead? Enable Mobile Account (PHD) for the affected users and log in using that short name. Their account should now be created locally as well.
If you have only a handful you could use a spare machine to do it with yourself? More on this later.
If you these users have IMAP accounts you could enable POP for them as well. As you/they log in to download from the server their current home folder their mail should be downloaded also.
What you have after that is effectively a back up of their home folders and mail kept locally on a client machine or a designated machine you decided to use. Delete their account, create the new long and short names, create the additional short name (exactly as it was before), log in with those details and upload the locally stored information back to the server. There should be no need to worry about permissions etc.
What you could do is send an email to the affected users outlining the steps they need to take to achieve what you want. Minimal effort with maximum gain.
When you are happy kill the mobile account option as well as deleting the additional short name. Send another mail advising they use the first short name for logging in. There'll be a little tidying up to do in deleting the locally created home folders but you can do this at your leisure using VNC.
I would have in place one of the other methods as well - just in case.
Tony

Cant change the short name

hi
I bought a macbook -already used- but when I reached a User Acount to master my name and short name I can change only my first name but my short name is unchangeable ... i click to the locker and it's the same probleme i cant change the short name ...
and this shortName is for the name of my home icon ... and the name of all the installation path
How I can bit my own parameters?

You can use this information to help. Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name
Or you can use this software to do it. ChangeShortName 1.3

Login, Keychain and FileVault passwords

If someone gets access to my machine and changes my password in Single User Mode, then logs into my account, would they be able to access a) my Keychain and b) my FileVault-encrypted home directory?
At the moment, both of those are unlocked automatically when I log in.

razzlex wrote:
If someone gets access to my machine and changes my password in Single User Mode, then logs into my account, would they be able to access a) my Keychain
no. keychain p[assword is separate from the login password and changing one does not change the other.
and b) my FileVault-encrypted home directory?
no. and in that case they won't even be able to log in.
At the moment, both of those are unlocked automatically when I log in.
that's because you have automatic login on and you have your keychain password set to be the same as the login password and to unlock on login. all those things can be changed if you want.

I'm working in Photoshop CS6 on a Mac and am having trouble when I select a Path it automatically feathers the selection border. I can't seem to find any place to adjust a feather setting. Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm using paths to silhouette an im

How do I change a default from feathered edge to sharp edge when I select a path?
I'm working in Photoshop CS6 on a Mac and am having trouble when I select a Path it automatically feathers the selection border. I can't seem to find any place to adjust a feather setting. Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm using paths to silhouette an image on a photograph to use in another document and I need a hard edge on it, not a feathered one.

In the Paths panel, click the flyout menu (in the top right of the panel) and choose Make Selection (this option will only be available if you have a path selected). Reduce the Feather Radius to 0 (zero) and click OK. This setting will be the default even when clicking the Load Path as Selection button.

Automatic login in mavericks not working. I still have to enter user name and password

I upgraded the original Hard Drive to SSD drive. After the upgrade, I can no longer automatically log in. I now have to enter my user name and password. I tried resetting automatic login in Users and Groups but it doesn't work in Mavericks.

Hello,
To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does it work in the new account?
How about these?
Reset Password 10.7, 10.8...
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20087723-263/how-to-run-the-password-reset- utility-in-os-x-10.7-lion/
Then Reset your Keychain...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5225064?tstart=0

Can not login after changing account short name and home directory

Hi,
I did sth rather stupid while trying a get timemachine working on my iMac 10.5.5.
I changed the short name, login shell and home directory of my account. (didn't listen to the waning that I may not be able to login if I change those information Now I can not log into my account anymore. I tried to use fileVault master password to change the password of my account, but it didn't help. Can anyone tell me how do I fix this problem?
Thanks a lot!

xyz2008 wrote:
No, I still can not log in as that user.
I did as you advised, but it gave the following message:
"attache failed, no such file or directory"
then I suspect you may be entering the command incorrectly. another possibility is this. I noticed you said in one of the previous posts that if you cd into the main user home directory you only see user.sparseimage. It actually should be user.sparsebundle. Or have you upgraded to leopard from tiger with filevault turned on? then it could have remained sparseimage rather than sparsebundle.
run the following in terminal
sudo ls -la /users/username
and post the results.
does it list sparsebundle or sparseimage?
Another thing, when I typed in the command, it didn't take the admin (root) password, but the password of the account I was logged in got me through.
that's what it has to be. it takes the password of the user (it jhas to be an admin user) which is currently logged in.
I am wondering if I can recover the problem user's files from the sparseimage file, then copied all the files to a new user.
Message was edited by: V.K.

Troubles (and a small horror) synchronizing mail

I'm continuing a brief exchange from the end of this thread:
/t5/Messaging-Email-and-Browsing/Nokia-Messaging-amp-Password-Problem-amp-GMail/m-p/659135#M24020
The short version of the story is that for a while now I've been using Nokia Messaging in a "weird" state - when I started using it, I couldn't have punctuation in my e-mail password, so rather than make my e-mail account password less complex I changed my Nokia Messaging login password and left the e-mail account password alone.
That worked fine for a while - the only drawback being that I couldn't *send* mail, only *receive* it.
The other day this came up and someone (bretj) suggested that I should be able to set this back up correctly and have it work. So I tried tackling that today.
First I changed the Nokia Messaging password on the web, and almost instantly the phone asked me for the new password. So I put it in, and that seemed fine. Then I tried sending a message, and it behaved just as before - it sits in the outbox and after a few minutes the program just gives up on trying to send it.
So I removed the account from the phone and re-ran the setup. No change. So I uninstalled the e-mail application from the phone and re-installed it; it took a few tries before I could get the account set up again (a couple of times it gave me the option to add this new account to my Nokia Messaging service, then said I hadn't provided enough information. Of course I hadn't! I have a few specific gripes about the setup program but this isn't the time). I fought with it for a while and kept ending up at the same spot, where it looks like it has worked but there are no e-mails, and I know for a fact that I had dozens of e-mails in my inbox (I'm like that; e-mail sits in my inbox for a while).
So I went to the computer and checked my e-mail, as a sanity check, and found out that actually all of my e-mails from this month (since 3 March) have been deleted. From the computer I sent myself a test e-mail message and it showed up (at home and on the phone), so that part works. Sending e-mail still doesn't behave any differently on the phone, which is to say that it still doesn't send e-mail.
So:
1) I'm EXTREMELY annoyed that a month's e-mail is just gone. This seems like something that happened when I was removing or setting up the e-mail account on the phone. I can't imagine how it would have happened. Really "annoyed" doesn't really cover the horror of seeing around 50 e-mails irretrievably deleted. What was there? I know I had e-mailed myself a few reminders, of ... something. Can't remember what. It's why I send myself reminders. Also lots of correspondence.
2) I still can't send e-mail. There don't appear to be any server-side logs for me to look at. The log file that I can see on the phone is mostly full of glowing reports of success, and the following lines:
* Info Synchronizing Outbox...
* Info Sync mode: Slow sync.
* Error Unsupported error code (Error code: 65535). Error occurred in EaPlugin while processing response from server.
* Error Unexpected Server Error
So. Any hints on why I might be having trouble sending e-mail? I'm going to have to just get over losing a month of e-mail but I'd really like it if I could send e-mails from my phone.

I see the same error code although my symptom is that my inbox has stopped updating on the phone - i can only see emails from a few days ago.
I was planning to reinstall etc but you said that doesn't really work.

Help! Trouble with property name="jnlp.versionEnabled" value="true"/

Trouble with <property name="jnlp.versionEnabled" value="true"/> and file: protocol.
I can't get the versionEnabled flag to work with local file system URL's.
Here is code example (NanoHTTPD.java came from here -> http://elonen.iki.fi/code/nanohttpd/) :
C:\test>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is CCC7-E05D
Directory of C:\test
05/08/2008 10:08 AM    <DIR>          .
05/08/2008 10:08 AM    <DIR>          ..
05/08/2008 09:44 AM               109 hello.java
05/08/2008 09:57 AM               542 hello.jnlp
04/10/2008 09:52 AM            20,547 NanoHTTPD.java
               3 File(s)         21,198 bytes
               2 Dir(s) 26,610,700,288 bytes free
C:\test>type hello.java
public class hello
public static void main(String[] args)
System.out.printf("Hello world\n");
C:\test>type hello.jnlp
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jnlp spec="6.0+" codebase="http://localhost/" >


    <information>
        <title>hello</title>
        <vendor>hello</vendor>
        <description>hello</description>
    </information>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.6" />
        <property name="jnlp.versionEnabled" value="true"/>
        <jar href="hello.jar" version="1.0" />
    </resources>
    <application-desc main-class="hello"/>
</jnlp>
C:\test>javac NanoHTTPD.java hello.java
Note: NanoHTTPD.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: NanoHTTPD.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
C:\test>jar cvf hello__V1.0.jar hello.class
added manifest
adding: hello.class(in = 459) (out= 299)(deflated 34%)
C:\test>start java -cp . NanoHTTPD
C:\test>javaws http://localhost/hello.jnlpjava console output :
Java Web Start 1.6.0_10-beta
Using JRE version 1.6.0_10-beta Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\4381
c:   clear console window
f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
g:   garbage collect
h:   display this help message
m:   print memory usage
o:   trigger logging
p:   reload proxy configuration
q:   hide console
r:   reload policy configuration
s:   dump system and deployment properties
t:   dump thread list
v:   dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
Hello worldchange hello.jnlp, jnlp start element to this:
<jnlp spec="6.0+" codebase="file:///C:/test" >
javaws hello.jnlpjava console output:
Java Web Start 1.6.0_10-beta
Using JRE version 1.6.0_10-beta Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\4381
c:   clear console window
f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
g:   garbage collect
h:   display this help message
m:   print memory usage
o:   trigger logging
p:   reload proxy configuration
q:   hide console
r:   reload policy configuration
s:   dump system and deployment properties
t:   dump thread list
v:   dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### helloStacktrace in detail :
Detail ST:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: hello
     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)Take version out of file name:
C:\test>move hello__V1.0.jar hello.jar
C:\test>javaws hello.jnlp
java console output:
Java Web Start 1.6.0_10-beta
Using JRE version 1.6.0_10-beta Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\4381
c:   clear console window
f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
g:   garbage collect
h:   display this help message
m:   print memory usage
o:   trigger logging
p:   reload proxy configuration
q:   hide console
r:   reload policy configuration
s:   dump system and deployment properties
t:   dump thread list
v:   dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
Hello world

The short answer is that e4x XML rocks!
Beyond that, consider that you are sending xml to Flex. For
any format other than e4x, Flex has to convert the xml into that
format. The precise algorithms Flex uses for this are not obvious
or published. This is why I have never liked using mx:Model. It
converts the xml into nested objects, but i have never been
comfortable predicting exactly what the resulting structure will
be.
Once you get an e4x xml node identified (toXMLString()), you
CAN predict exactly whate the data you want is going to be because
there is no conversion. And I and just very comfortable with xml.
Tracy

Internet Dropouts and Internet Connection Trouble; POSSIBLE SOLUTION

Here is something that might help
I have had problems with this on my old G5, Intel Macbook, and More Recently my Mac Pro (past 4 years I have airport trouble)
I spent hours trouble shooting, the thing that ends up working for me three times so far has solved my problem
Here is a step by step instruction of what I did (continue anyway if you are not receiving the same circumstances/results)
Remember this is also a diagnostic method for yourself to see what is working and what is not so you can solve the problem. Also I still get network drop outs and sometimes internet performance decrease but a lot less frequently by performing the steps bellow. If your problem persists then I might be able to trouble shoot with you. In no way this method will be successful and your problem may become worse so use discretion when applying the steps below
1)Check "Console" to see whether broadcast is being dropped (utilities folder)
2)Make sure your problem persists with all other applications not running (including your virus software)
3)Reset Safari and continue loading to see if network performance is still hanging up
4)If slow loading persists/airport drops shut down computer and boot into safe mode by holding shift key (this empties cache stuff and does a few repairs)
5)Load Safari and see if slow loading persists (while in safe mode)
6)Go to disk utility and repair disk first (or verify)
7)If disk comes clean then precede to repair permissions, there are many errors that show up that are nothing to worry about "ACL found in different place" is one of them.
8)Shut down, (do not restart and wait for 10 sec, I have no idea why this happens and it does not make sense to me but I have restarted and ended up with some other problems)
9)Turn on computer and proceed to disk utility again (do not worry about airport, do not touch yet
10)Verify disk again (remember not in safe mode)
11)Repair permissions once again (different things are loaded into the permission system; plugins ect.)
12)Shut down computer again
13)Turn on computer and proceed to open network preferences and remove airport service (make sure your changes are applied)
14)Open key chain access
15)Delete your network password (if it exists) in "login" and in "system"
16)Shut down computer once again
17)Reapply all network configurations in the network preferences panel
18)Shut down computer once again and turn on
19)Check airport performance over the next 30 min or so by clicking links actively and waiting
20)If problem persists you may have corrupted files somewhere and may have to delete some preference files and perform the method above once again (to be safe I suggest running the disk utility test once again)
note: for some reason Leopard still remembers old network information even after deleting it. you need to find a way to keep leopard from using old preferences (it can be any of them). If all thus fails trash your router settings (on your router, factory defaults) and perform the steps above once again)
Please report abnormal occurrences like the "self assign ip address problem in network preferences" so we can narrow down where problems are mostly occurring"

I quote from the System Preferences Help:
If your computer is connected to the Internet, you can share its Internet connection with other computers on your local network.
For example, if your computer is connected to the Internet using a DSL modem and has an AirPort Card installed, you can share the DSL connection with other AirPort-equipped computers.
On Windows computers, sharing your Internet connection is sometimes referred to as a “network bridge” or “bridging your network.”
To set up Internet sharing:
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Sharing.
Select Internet Sharing.
Choose the Internet connection you want to share from the “Share your connection from” pop-up menu. For example, if you’re connected to the Internet over Ethernet, choose Ethernet.
Select how you want to share your Internet connection in the “To computers using” list. For example, if you want to share your Internet connection over AirPort, select AirPort.If you share your Internet connection using AirPort, click AirPort Options and give your network a name and password.

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