Looped Login Screen

I had Yosemite but found out it doesn't support After Effects and others apps so I tried to reistall 10.6.8 from Time Machine. I keep being directed to the blue login screen over and over again. Each time I enter my login correctly,but each time it redirects me to the blue login screen. I can boot up in safe mode and tool around no problem. How do I fix this?

Greetings monkeytoesfilm,
Thanks for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
If you only see a blue screen after reverting to OS X 10.6.8 with Time Machine, but Safe Mode works normally, try these troubleshooting steps next:
Mac OS X 10.6: If you see a blue screen at startup
If you see the login window prompting you for a user name and password, but starting up doesn't progress, you may have incompatible login items.
Eliminating incompatible login items
Repair your startup disk or disk permissions by starting up from your Mac OS X installation disc and using Disk Utility.
Repairing a disk
Back up your disk and then reinstall Mac OS X by starting up your computer with your Mac OS X installation disc.
Reinstalling Mac OS X
Sincerely,
Jeremy

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Mac on Snow Leopard keeps looping back to login screen

Hi, Everyone,
I have a MacBook, late 2008 It originally had 120 GB hard drive. Because I had less than 10 GB of space left, I replaced that with a 320 Western Digital Scorpio Blue HD (by myself, with an antistatic strap, etc). Everything seemed fine for a few days. Lots of space, immediate responsiveness with programmes, etc....nothing could be better. Then the system started getting sluggish, and I started getting spinning beach ball clicking between apps. Every time I ran verify disk permissions, there was a long list of permission repairs. Running repair disk never yielded a result other than everything being okay. I even created a flashdrive with the installation software. And I ran Onyx to try to clean things out.
Then a few days ago, after restarting my computer (I may have done an update, but am not sure), my computer slowly booted up, came to the login screen, I entered my password, my desktop appeared and it "hung" for about 30 seconds, then the screen turned blue and went back to login screen. I made several attempts to login, but always got the same result.
I used my bootable flashdrive (which I created with SuperDuper to contain the installation disk before I installed the new hard drive) to check and repair permissions. Each time I did that, I got the same permission errors. Again, nothing detected with disk verification/repair.
When I start up the computer in safe mode, everything is fine except Safari kept crashing.
Deleted and reinstalled safari to no avail. Still crashed. No problem in Firefox.
In the regular mode (not safe mode), I reinstalled Flash, restarted, then back to the looping to the login screen.
Still no problems in safe mode.
At first I thought there would have been something with the new hard drive, but everything works fine in Safe Mode, so I'm wondering if there is something with Safari or Flash.
I've updated ClamX and run a ClamX scan as well to check for viruses/Trojans.
Please help.
Help!

Monique Mayer wrote:
Okay, I reinstalled Safari under another admin account. No problems there, and --so far--no problems in my main account now.
What has happened is this.
You installed a new hard drive, it came from the factory with some bad sectors on the drive.
You laid your new OS X and data over these bad sectors and now having issues in various locations.
The drive automatically maps off these bad sectors when it gets a read request from something your using, however it takes some time before it realizes such is the case, (thus the spinning beach ball as OS X is waiting) then it moves the data to a new sector and maps off the old one.
Also as you use the computer, your writing data to new bad sectors on the drive, which haven't had their turn yet enough to be read and hopefully mapped off by the drive. This is why your problem appears to be changing as it goes on.
Look at your problem timeline:
Then the system started getting sluggish, and I started getting spinning beach ball clicking between apps.
This is likely a problem with the swap file which is stored on the hard drive when you run out of RAM memory with a lot of programs and files open.
The swap file was stored across bad sectors, which the drive couldn't read well and thus you got the OS X spinning beach ball effect.
This file location moves locations to free space on the drive, expands and contracts as you load things up to use.
Then a few days ago, after restarting my computer (I may have done an update, but am not sure), my computer slowly booted up, came to the login screen, I entered my password, my desktop appeared and it "hung" for about 30 seconds, then the screen turned blue and went back to login screen. I made several attempts to login, but always got the same result.
You have done a update, which added more data to the drive and/or triggered a response from OS X data written on a bad sector which has hung your computer.
When I start up the computer in safe mode, everything is fine except Safari kept crashing.
Safe Mode disables at boot software, video and other things so OS X is in a reduced state, the bad sectors are being avoided as their data is not being called.
Safari is crashing because it too is corrupted, which your later post you reinstalled it and now it's fine, because it was written to a clear space on the drive without bad sectors issues.
So your going about a "piece meal" restore method, next will be OS X, then all your programs, then a new user account because your User/Library will get screwed up etc., etc.
Instead of this long pain, just follow my first post instructions and it will cure everything in one clean shot
If the drive itself is bad and that's causing your bad sector problems, which you will soon find out and can get it replaced. The way your going it's going to keep giving you problems of various sorts for quite some time.
I also tried the SMART check and it passed--no errors or bad sectors.
That only provides a current bad sector count, which you say is zero, which is typical for a new drive as it hasn't read enough from the drive to find the bad sectors yet.
In order to really find bad sectors on the drive, software would have to continously read data written to the entire drive over and over and over again so the drive will finally "trigger" the mapping off process. This would take days or even weeks to complete on large drive, so obviously the software isn't doing this.
All drives come with a few bad sectors, the automatic mapping off process upon reads usually takes care of it, however you have more bad sectors than normal, which might have occured:
1: Higher than normal amount of bad sectors from the factory.
1: Bad drive from the factory causing bad sectors.
2: Your moving the computer while the drive is in operation that the heads struck the platters causing the bad sectors.
So a Zero Erase in Disk Utility, a fresh OS X install from the disk, fresh programs from original sources and vetted files from backup is the sure means to cure the whole mess. Bad sectors and data corruption.
The DU Zero Erase proceedure does a pretty adequate job mapping off failing sectors, it takes hours to complete and not days.
Bad sectors causes data corruption, so you really can't trust a previous clone or TimeMachine backup of this corrupted data to restore with (except vetted user files), some here have done that only to wonder why their problems returned after the zero erase was completed.
If you restored the new drive with SuperD from the earlier drive, you also might have carried data corruption from that drive over too.
So with a fresh install of everything, only thing that can be corrupted is your user files, which you restore from a clean backup and/or delete the ones causing problems.
Take care and good luck.

Endless Login Screen Loop

I recently installed the latest software updates to my G4 Powerbook with Leopard. It rebooted fine, but I couldn't get any sounds to play (though the volume up and down did work). The application would just quit (tried it with Quicktime, Mail, and Firefox).
Now after rebooting, I get past the login screen, see the desktop for a moment, then get kicked back out to the login screen. This happens in safe mode as well.
Any thoughts on how I can get around this?
Note: I do have a time machine backup, but it's a few weeks old (I don't plug it in often). I also lost my Leopard DVD, which I just found out I need to do a system restore. Is there any other way to recover from Time Machine?

it's pretty clear that you had a failed update. you need to restore from a backup or reinstall. both restoring system from TM and reinstalling require a leopard install DVD. there is nothing you can do without one. either find yours of buy a new one.

My MacBook Pro is now asking for a login. When I enter my passcode, it goes to a blue screen and back to the login screen. I saw several older posts, but nothing recently. I am running Snow Leopard.

My MacBook is now asking for a password. When I login, it loops to a blue screen, and back to the login. Incorrect logins create a shaking of the login screen. I tried restarting with the shift key depressed, with no luck.

I performed a hard shutdown, and upon start I could access my system without logging on. I'm not sure what caused the issue, but I have not booted up in almost a week.

Ix2 fails to respond, cannot get past login screen

I am having intermittent problems with my Iomega ix2 failing to respond. After some time being on the drive fails to respond. I cannot open any files through Windows explorer. If i attempt to connect using the web interface i cant get past the login screen. I put in my user name and password and hit enter. The page simply reloads the login screen. The only solution is to power the drive down using the button on the back of the unit. Powering it up it works fine. Eventually though this will happen again. It's happened a half dozen time or more in the last few days. Now I'm stuck out in the field and cannot access any files. Please help.

No. No errors in the event log of any kind other than the time sync error. I recently replaced one of the disks as it had failed. I receieved a warranty disk from Lenovo/Iomega about a month ago. i installed it and it rebuilt the RAID with no problems. This error has been happening since then. When the time sync error happens i get all kinds of strange behavior. SFTP, which is how I access the files, will start giving Goodsync 'cannt reach end of file error' type errors. Like I've mentioned before I also get an issue where the web login screen gets caught in a loop too. I type in the user name and the password, hit enter, and it just reloads the login screen again. Rebooting the device from the power button on the back is the only solution.

Why after logging in with my account on facetime it tells me to pick an email account to be used then when I hit next it sends me back to login screen?

When I attempt to set up facetime it asks me to log in with my account. After doing this it takes me to a screen telling me to pick an email address to use. I only have one so it is set by default. After hitting next it takes me back to the login screen. This is a seemingly infinite loop. Any suggestions?

Try a different browser. Try OpenDNS servers.

Redevelop oracle forms login screen in adf

hi i have the login screen in my oracle forms application which do the following
-able the user to login in the application,by the username,password which are store in the table
-in my screen i got the following username and password column and the login button.
-the login button got two trigger> when-button-pressed and when-new-item-instance
-i also have an option for new user to type new password and confirm the password when they start,every new user got default password and is force to change the password before login in the application
-when the application start it does not show the new password column only if the user is new and when user password has been resert which is done by system admistrator.
-i have one screen which list all the user in the application where system administrator can resert the password by clicking the button
-i also have change password button which come if the user is new under this button i only have one trigger when-button-pressed which got
-the user is the only person who enter the new password the system admistrator only resert the password he does not have option to enter new password
if :logon.pwd is null then
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000002)||': '||'Password must be specified','', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
login_pwd_title;
perform_sdms_new_password;
under my when-button-pressed trigger i got
:logon.logon_ind := 1;
perform_sdms_logon;
and under my when-new-item-instance trigger i got
if nvl(:logon.logon_ind,0) = 1 then
     :logon.logon_ind := 0;
else
if :logon.usr_id is not null
and :logon.pwd is not null then
:logon.logon_ind :=1;
perform_sdms_logon;
end if;
end if;
and my perform_sdms_logon sp is below. which is in the form programm unit
PROCEDURE perform_sdms_logon IS
error_message varchar2(100);
usr_id integer;
fail_cnt integer;
fail_limit integer;
pwd sms_users.pwd%type;
pwd_dt date;
pwd_dt_period integer;
sysdt date;
msg_lvl varchar2(20) := :system.message_level;
cursor usr is
select id,pwd_change_dt,sysdate,pwd,login_failure_count
from sms_users
where user_id = :logon.usr_id
-- and pwd = sms_secure.crypt('USR',id,:logon.pwd)
BEGIN
set_clnt_details;
if :logon.usr_id is null then
     error_message := 'User id must be specified';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000001)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if :logon.pwd is null then
     error_message := 'Password must be specified';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000002)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
pwd_dt_period := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_PERIOD',30,1);
fail_limit := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_FAIL_LIMIT',3,1);
open usr;
fetch usr into usr_id,pwd_dt,sysdt,pwd,fail_cnt;
if usr%NOTFOUND then
close usr;
          sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Not SMS User'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     error_message := 'Logon to SMS Denied';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000003)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
close usr;
if fail_cnt > fail_limit then
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD'
,:logon.usr_id ||':'||fail_cnt||':'||fail_limit
,'Password retry limit exceeded'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     error_message := 'Password error limit have been exceeded contact the Administrator';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000014)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if pwd <> sms_secure.crypt('USR',usr_id,:logon.pwd) then
sms_global.set_user_id(:logon.usr_id);
     update sms_users
     set login_failure_count = nvl(login_failure_count,0) + 1
     where id = usr_id
     :system.message_level := 15;
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Error'
,:logon.usr_id ||':'||:logon.pwd
,'Wrong user Password'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     commit;
     :system.message_level := msg_lvl;
     error_message := 'Logon to SMS Denied';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000003)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
else
     if fail_cnt > 0 then
     update sms_users
     set login_failure_count = 0
     where id = usr_id
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Correct'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Reset Failed count'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     :system.message_level := 15;
     commit;
     :system.message_level := msg_lvl;
end if;
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Correct'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Success'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
end if;
if trunc(pwd_dt + pwd_dt_period) < sysdt then
     login_pwd_title;
hide_an_item('logon.new_pwd1',1);
hide_an_item('logon.new_pwd2',1);
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Expired'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Password use Expired'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     error_message := 'Password Expired. Please change password.';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000004)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
sms_global.set_user_id(:logon.usr_id);
:global.User := :logon.usr_id;
validate_usr_profiles (:logon.usr_id);
END;
and my validate_usr_profiles is
PROCEDURE validate_usr_profiles (i_usr varchar2) IS
cnt number := 0;
clnt_user varchar2(80);
clnt_ip_addr varchar2(30);
clnt_host_name varchar2(80);
novell_user number;
single_terminal number;
found boolean;
l_usr_id integer;
BEGIN
select count(*) ,usr.id
into cnt,l_usr_id
from sms_user_roles urol
,sms_users usr
where user_id = i_usr
and usr.id = usr_id
group by usr.id
if cnt = 0 then
     sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000020)||':No profiles have been granted.', '', 'E', 'SMS');
     exit_form;
end if;
novell_user := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','NOVELL_USER',1,1);
if novell_user = 1 then
     if lower(:global.clnt_user) <> lower(i_usr) then
          sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon'
,i_usr ||':'||novell_user
,'Not Novell User'
,i_usr
,'sms0000');
          sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000019)||':User id not same as Host User.', clnt_user, 'E', 'SMS');
     end if;
end if;
single_terminal := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','SINGLE_TERMINAL',1,1);
if single_terminal = 1 then
     found := false;
     for c_uscon in (select * from sms_user_session_controls
     where usr_id = l_usr_id ) loop
     found := true;
     if c_uscon.status = 0 then -- not logged on
     update sms_user_session_controls
     set status = 1
     ,status_date = sysdate
     ,computer_name = :global.clnt_host_name
     ,ip_addr = :global.clnt_ip_addr
     ,connections = 1
     where usr_id = l_usr_id
     commit;
     else
     if c_uscon.computer_name = :global.clnt_host_name
     and c_uscon.ip_addr = :global.clnt_ip_addr then
     update sms_user_session_controls
     set status_date = sysdate
     ,connections = connections + 1
     where usr_id = l_usr_id
     commit;
     else
          sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon'
,c_uscon.computer_name ||':'||:global.clnt_host_name||':'||c_uscon.ip_addr||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Multiple Session Failure'
,i_usr
,'sms0000');
          sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000021)||':User Logged onto computer ', c_uscon.computer_name, 'E', 'SMS');
     end if;
     end if;
end loop;
     if not found then
          insert into sms_user_session_controls
          (usr_id,computer_name,ip_addr,status,status_date,connections)
          values
          (l_usr_id,:global.clnt_host_name,:global.clnt_ip_addr,1,sysdate,1);
          commit;
     end if;
end if;
check_application_system;
END;
if there is more information you like from me ,you can ask
my login_pwd_title sp is
PROCEDURE login_pwd_title IS
BEGIN
set_item_property('logon.CHANGE_PWD',label,'Login & Change Password');
END;
and my perform_sdms_new_password sp ;
PROCEDURE perform_sdms_new_password IS
error_message varchar2(100);
usr_id integer;
fail_cnt integer;
fail_limit integer;
pwd_dt date;
pwd varchar2(50);
pwd_dt_period integer;
pwd_history sms_users.pwd_history%type;
sysdt date;
pwd_length integer;
pwd_special integer;
pwd_numeric integer;
pwd_alpha integer;
pwd_list integer;
o_aplha integer;
o_number integer;
o_special integer;
new_pwd sms_users.pwd%type;
prev_pwd sms_users.pwd%type;
new_pwd_history sms_users.pwd_history%type;
msg_lvl varchar(20) := :system.message_level;
cursor usr is
select id,pwd_change_dt,sysdate,pwd,pwd_history,login_failure_count
from sms_users
where user_id = :logon.usr_id
--and   pwd     = sms_secure.crypt('USR',id,:logon.pwd)
BEGIN
set_clnt_details;
if get_item_property('logon.new_pwd1',visible) = 'FALSE' then
hide_an_item('logon.new_pwd1',1);
hide_an_item('logon.new_pwd2',1);
else
if :logon.usr_id is null then
     error_message := 'User id must be specified';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000001)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if :logon.pwd is null then
     error_message := 'Password must be specified';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000002)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
pwd_dt_period := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_PERIOD',30,1);
fail_limit := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_FAIL_LIMIT',3,1);
open usr;
fetch usr into usr_id,pwd_dt,sysdt,pwd,pwd_history,fail_cnt;
if usr%NOTFOUND then
close usr;
          sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Not SMS User'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     error_message := 'Logon to SMS Denied';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000003)||': '||error_message,' Password can only change after a successful logon', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
close usr;
if fail_cnt > fail_limit then
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD'
,:logon.usr_id ||':'||fail_cnt||':'||fail_limit
,'Password retry limit exceeded'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     error_message := 'Password error limit have been exceeded contact the Administrator';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000014)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if pwd <> sms_secure.crypt('USR',usr_id,:logon.pwd) then
     error_message := 'Logon to SMS Denied';
sms_global.set_user_id(:logon.usr_id);
     update sms_users
     set login_failure_count = nvl(login_failure_count,0) + 1
     where id = usr_id
                    sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Error'
,:logon.usr_id ||':'||:logon.pwd
,'Wrong user Password'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     :system.message_level := 15;
     commit;
     :system.message_level := msg_lvl;
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000003)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if :logon.new_pwd1 is null then
     error_message := 'New Password must be specified';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000005)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
pwd_length := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_LENGTH',6,1);
pwd_special := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_SPECIAL',1,1);
pwd_numeric := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_NUMERIC',1,1);
pwd_alpha := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_ALPHA',1,1);
pwd_list := sms_global.ref_code('SMS','PWD_LIST',24,1);
if length(:logon.new_pwd1) < pwd_length then
     error_message := 'New Password must be of length ';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000009)||': '||error_message,' ' || pwd_length ||' characters', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
find_special(:logon.new_pwd1,o_aplha,o_number,o_special);
if o_special < pwd_special then
     error_message := 'New Password must contain at least ';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000010)||': '||error_message,' ' || pwd_special ||' special characters', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if o_number < pwd_numeric then
     error_message := 'New Password must contain at least ';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000011)||': '||error_message,' ' || pwd_numeric ||' numeric(s)', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if o_aplha < pwd_alpha then
     error_message := 'New Password must contain at least ';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000011)||': '||error_message,' ' || pwd_alpha ||' alphabetic charater(s)', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if :logon.new_pwd1 = :logon.pwd then
     error_message := 'New Password can not be the same as old password';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000006)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
if :logon.new_pwd1 <> nvl(:logon.new_pwd2,:logon.pwd) then
     error_message := 'New password are not equal values - retry';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000007)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
for i in 1..pwd_list loop
     if utility.get_field(i,pwd_history||'~~','~') is null then
          exit;
     end if;
prev_pwd := sms_secure.decrypt('USR',usr_id,utility.get_field(i,pwd_history,'~'));
     if :logon.new_pwd1 = prev_pwd then
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Used'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Password have been used'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
     error_message := 'New password was found in history list - retry';
sms_code.error_message('SMS-'||to_char(0000012)||': '||error_message,'', 'E', 'SMS');
end if;
end loop;
new_pwd := sms_secure.crypt('USR',usr_id,:logon.new_pwd1);
new_pwd_history := utility.put_hash(pwd_list,'~');
for i in 1..pwd_list loop
     new_pwd_history := utility.put_field(i+1,utility.get_field(i,pwd_history,'~'),new_pwd_history,'~');
end loop;
new_pwd_history := utility.put_field(1,new_pwd,new_pwd_history,'~');
update sms_users
set pwd = new_pwd
,pwd_history = new_pwd_history
,pwd_change_dt = sysdate
where user_id = :logon.usr_id
               sms_alog.record(:global.clnt_user
,:global.clnt_host_name ||':'||:global.clnt_ip_addr
,'Logon - PWD Change'
,:logon.usr_id
,'Success'
,:logon.usr_id
,'sms0000');
commit;
sms_global.set_user_id(:logon.usr_id);
:global.User := :logon.usr_id;
validate_usr_profiles (:logon.usr_id);
end if;
END;
i hope this will make it clear of what am trying to achive your help will be appriciated
Edited by: user603350 on 2012/01/04 10:48 AM

On your login page have 2 fields for username and password. On the button click call a AM Impl method which calls your above procedure passing the required fields.
This is the way you can call a prodecure/function from AM IMPL
cstmt = getDBTransaction().createCallableStatement("{call pkg.procedurename(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}", getDBTransaction().DEFAULT);

Restart to main login screen

Greetings,
We have an issue accessing our admin account and due to a series of events - cannot access the login screen.
Below is what was attempted to reset the password and the current status.
1. It followed steps here http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/10/forgot-mac-password-how-to-reset-mac-password/ to "Boot into Single User Mode and remove a setup file" - this was done as the original discs had been lost
2. Turning the machine on bypasses the login and continues straight to the "setup process" for new machines.
3. The original discs were found a day later and if we try and reset password from the discs, it only offers the disc drive to reset and not the machine
Current Status:
Our IT department (located in another country) cannot find the serial number so we cannot complete the setup process
Question: Can we use a command in the terminal (through the Single User Mode startup) to return to the login screen or can we but a new license key?
Thank you all - it is an unusual circumstance.

try recreating the .AppleSetupDone file:
touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
there is nothing special about this file, if it doesn't exist it triggers the system setup.
http://www.hackint0sh.org/tutorials-217/how-get-out-already-own-mac-loop-ideneb- 102156.htm

Logging in sends me to the login screen again. Over and over....

Have an old MacPro (early 2008). Used to have OS 10.6.8 but subdued to the temptation and installed Mavericks last week.
Regretfully, it made my machine slower than ever. I mean REALLY slow. I tried various remedies to no avail.
Eventually, I realised I had to go back to 10.6.8.
Installed 10.6.3 (from the disc I have) to another 1Tb drive. Transferred accounts, applications, etc, from the Mavericks drive.
Booted from the fresh 10.6.3 drive. No problems. Could log in to every account (three) and as root. Nice.
Then updated to 10.6.8 and that's where I hit the brick wall.
Regardless which account I'm trying to log in to, I'm reverted back to the login screen after a while.
No error message, nothing like "the password doesn't match" or anything. Just kept in this loop.
Have repaired the disc using the OS on another disc. Fixed permissions, etc. No go.
Hints, anyone? Please?

If the re-install didn't fix the problem, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
Safe Mode
Safe Mode - About

Stuck in login screen / cannot login

I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and I didn't recently have a software update on last power down, but for some unknown reason, my Macbook Pro that I got this summer got stuck in a login screen. I never had to login before, and for some reason, I kept trying to login, putting in my password, and even trying to power down, but it went to a blue screen, and then back into a login screen. After a hard reset (holding down the power button and pressing it again once it turned down), it seemed to power up normally. Does anyone have that problem? Thanks.

I've just encountered the same issue this AM. Rolling along fine with SL on my iMac for over a month, I was streaming a movie to my appleTV and it stopped. I went to my iMac hosting iTunes to see what the problem was and for some reason the iMac was running extremely slow so I did a hard shut down. Upon rebooted I got stuck in the login loop you mentioned. You've probably figured this out by now but I was able to break-in by doing a safe boot (start up with shift key down). Scary but everything appears to be OK now.

Keyboard not responsive in Win8.1 Login Screen (Normal/Safe mode)

Dear all professional in HP technical support team,
I had conduct upgrade from Window 8 to Window 8.1 last month, it work well without any problem until 4 days ago, the PC cannot start and stuck in HP logo and keep looping for 2 hours.
Then I try to boot in to Recovery mode, conduct dozens of Chkdsk command (chkdsk c: /R /X), turnout all bad sectors has been allocated and the Window finally can boot in to login screen.
However, I am unable to login to desktop since the USB HP wireless keyboard is not responsive, the USB HP wireless mouse work fine, and I am unable to activate 'On-screen Keyboard', I was manage to boot into safe mode, but it turnout the same, because the keyboard not responsive, I cannot input the password and login to both Normal and Safe mode.
I had try to attach a USB wired keyboard and USB wired mouse as well, it turnout the same, mouse is working and keyboard is not responsive.
The mouse and keyboard are working both recovery mode and BIOS environment.
Othe than Reset the PC, please advise is there anyway I can login to the desktop again, or I need to manually re-install the USB wireless keyboard driver from command prompt in Recovery mode.
Thanks for you help in advance.
Best Regard.
Bruch

Hi again Bruch2168,
Thank you for the quick reply!
Since you are not able to return to a previous restore point in recovery mode, I recommend returning your system back to a previous restore point. This can be done by following the steps in this document on Using Microsoft System Restore (Windows 8).
Should the problem continue, I suggest performing a backup and recovery of your operating system. This can be done by following the steps in this resource on Backing Up Your Files (Windows 8), as well as Performing an HP system recovery (Windows 8). This should return your system back to factory defaults.
If the issue persists, please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
I hope this helps!
Regards
MechPilot
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When I boot up it hangs on the login screen for awhile, why?

I have a mid 2011 Macbook Air 13". It came with Lion but I recently updated to Mountain Lion. When I wake the laptop from sleep everything is fine. If it's been awhile since it slept (a couple of hours), the login screen hangs. What happens is that it boots like normal and looks like everything is correct, but it won't let me type in my password. After 10 seconds or so I can see a cursor come up but it won't let me type (but anything I do type at this point will later fill in the field after another 2-3 seconds or so). One other thing that's weird is that when the screen first comes up it shows the battery percentage from when I put it back on the charger, then after everything catches up, it changes to show 100%.
I hope I explained the problem well enough. Basicly a "wake from sleep" is fine if it hasn't been long since the laptop slept, but if it's been awhile it takes about 15-20 seconds to boot up.
Ideas?

Here are some suggestions based on my recent issue with unable to get Mavericks up after upgrade - The Apple geniuses just simply couldnt figure this one out...despite it being in their shop for 3 days (They probably did not look at it...and asked if they can just wipe out everything and install fresh...i had said NO):
Restart computer and hold Cmd+V when you hear chime. This will start the computer in Verbose mode.
See the messages and see where the system boot fails. In my case, it was some backtrace IOStorageFamily issue with com.paragon-software.
Google may be able to solve your Apple issues - just type the error message in and see if you get any useful suggestions. in most cases - this would be some faulty 3rd party drivers.....
In my case, it was something stupid i had probably installed....I had to boot to safe mode (Hold Shift at boot chime) - open Terminal, delete the folder com.paragon-software.kext from System/Library/Extensions....that fixed the problem. Mavericks is working great now....
Let me know if your debugging thing works...

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I want to be able to list the Active Directory account that the user should login with, is there a way to make it stick at the login screen?

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