Ogging into admin account, logs straight back out

After logging into the main (admin) account on the laptop, the spinning beachball comes up, and then the account logs out. No problems logging into a guest account.

Try holding down the shift key when logging in to the problem account. That will disable login items. Post back what happens.

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Why is my admin account log in disappearing after restart?

I have one admin, one standard and a guest account in my MacBook Pro, Mac OS Mavericks. When I restart or turn off and back on, I don't see my primary admin account log in. I only see the standard account and a guest account. All I can do now is log in through the standart accoung and change the account through the menu bar. It does not happen until I log off or restart. Can anyone help?

It sounds like you activated FileVault and only enabled the standard account to unlock the startup volume.
To enable other local users to unlock the volume at startup, see the heading
Letting other users unlock the drive
in this support article. Note that the Enable Users... button only appears if there is at least one user left to enable. There's an illustrated set of instructions here.

Multiple people using same admin account boot each other out

Hello,
One of our clients has a number of trainers that need to use the same admin email address to log in and export reports. It seems like only one person can be logged into the account at a time, which makes sense - but this will cause the trainers that get booted from the CMS to lose their work. Then there will be confusion over whether or not it's safe to log back in because they will boot the person out that just booted them.
Is there a way to lock the login for an admin email so that if Person A is logged into the CMS, Person B won't be able to log into the CMS with the login until Person A logs out?
If that isn't an option, is there a way to display on a web page whether or not the admin login is in use? We just need some kind of automated way to mitigate this. We can't have a shared doc where people can checkout the login because with the number of trainers, people are bound to mess up that kind of manual process.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks

This is 100% a security feature and a must. One of the biggest security issues at a company is when people share passwords. Some of the biggest stories of "hacking" out there in the web - most are not actual true hacks but people gaining access based on bad passwords, keyloggers on someones machine or moreover sharing logins etc.
Change why and how your doing this with any client ASAP!

Can't get into Admin account

I came home the other day and my computer was off, meaning the power had apparently gone out. I turned it back on and everything seemed normal when I got to the login screen. I put in the password for my admin account and it started to log in like normal but then all of a sudden the screen goes black and this white text appears. It says something about Darwin at the top of the screen and asks for a login name and password. I type in the info and it says that no folder exists for my login name and it was logging me in as "/" or something close to that. Well I managed to figure out that typing exit gets me back to the main login screen. I signed into to one of the other accounts on the computer, and it worked fine (which is how I'm typing this now). I looked in the Users folder and strangely, the 2 non admin accounts had one folder each, but my admin account had four, named Admin 1, Admin 2, etc. I searched the Apple website for similar problems but couldn't find anything useful. Any ideas?

I'm not sure how much this may help.
Problems with lost Admin account, or
Restore admin user status.
If your admin user loses admin status for whatever reason (and it has happened to a few people), and you do not have a second admin account, then try the following:
Boot into single-user mode. At the prompt enter:
mount -uw /
nicl -raw /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -merge /groups/admin users your-username-here
Press RETURN after each command.
To restart in OS X enter:
reboot
I recommend you write down these commands in a monospaced font. Be sure to carefully note where there are spaces in the command line.
Because of the abnormal shutdown I also suggest you do the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

Standard Account can see into Admin Account!!

I just set up a Standard account to verify a problem and found, what I think is a serious security problem. While in the new Standard Account, when following the path MacintoshHD/Users/AdminAccountName I could see into the Desktop folder and two other folders I had created at the Home level. Documents, Music, Movies, etc all had the red stop mark on them. Logging into the Admin account and following the same path, but to the Standard Account, I could NOT see into the desktop folder - it had the red marker on it. This is the first time I have set up a standard account in a long time but I don't believe that this behavior was evident before. My system is up to date (1.4.5 and the latest security patches v1.1). Thanks, Will

Log into the admin account and select one of the folders you were able to see from the standard account; next, choose Get Info from the File menu and set the permissions on that folder to No Access for Group and Others. Mac OS X will show you the contents of a folder if the UNIX file permissions or access control list on it allow you to do so; this is the default for some parts of your home folder. Changing the permissions as described above will stop any account except for you and root from being able to see the contents of those folders; any administrator account can execute commands as root.
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VSC 4.2 Service Account Logging In and Out of vCenter Repeatedly

We are currently running VSC 4.2 with ONTAP 8.2P2 on vCenter 5.1 and the VSC service account is logging in and out of vCenter every 10 secs. I have run the steps below and still had the same issue. (Recommended on another thread...) • Log into the VSC server over RDP using an administrator account • Open a web browser and go to https://localhost:8143/Register.html • For troubleshooting purposes, re-register using an administrator account (local) • Make sure you're entering the IP addresses of the vCenter and VSC servers for the registration • Click the register button • Montor the sessions to see if there are still logins each 10seconds (after initial logins are completed)Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, IT

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Buddies not showing in list when logged into single account & logged out of others

BUG
I have multiple iChat accounts (AOL, ME.com, Mac.com, Jabber). When I change the default behavior to log all accounts in at the same time with the same message (basically setting all but one acocunt to "offline") my buddies all disappear. It appears there are now separate buddy lists for each account - but now way to populate those lists from the other accounts (no ability to import/cut-paste).
Often I use my Me.com account for work related issues and only logon to AIM when I am available for distractions/Family/etc. Having to hand enter a large list of potential buddies across mutiple accounts seems unreasonable and was not an issue under previous iChat versions.

Hi,
There is a way to "Transfer" Buddies Wholesale to a new Buddy list (my best to 292 Buddies)
Option (Preparation)
In the Address Book create Group of those Buddies you want in the new List.
Action (the Deed)
Highlight the Buddies/Contacts that you want to move
If you are not using the Option use the CMD and Click method to highlight many but leave others.
Now Drag the highlighted list to the New Buddy List.
Tidy up by dragging those with Screen Names only from one list to the other.
Re-organzie in to Groups you want/need.
NOTE.
This can be done from AIM Logins names (AIM, @mac.com and MobileMe) to other AIM Login Buddy lists
It can also be done between Jabber and GoogleTalk lists (or Jabber to Jabber as GoogleTalk is a Jabber server)
Although both type of Buddy List can have Screen Names that look like emails - so therefore have the same Format- which causes them to look like they will be Buddies, they will always appear Off line in the New list and you will not be able to Contact them.
Optional Method
Highlight (Using CMN Click if required) the Buddies you want to move and just drag from one list to the other.
Overall note.
When you drag they will be put in the Group that you happen to be hovering over when you let go. (place them in the new list
You may want to Add a new Group first then drag them into the Right groups afterwards (you are likely to have to do the moves anyway)
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Logging into managed account "logging in..." never logs in

I created a managed account a month ago and tried logging in yesterday. It looked like it may work but just spinned endlessly (I tried several times and even let it go for several minutes). I have to hold down the power key and force shut down. I have tried logging in other ways but it will not access the account.
So I deleted that account and created a new one, but the same thing happens. I get past the password, but after that, just spinning and no logging in.
What's gone wrong?

Your profile lists 10.3.9 - the problem may be related to an issue introduced with the 10.3.9 update that caused some (but not all) users with managed accounts to become unable to log in:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301413
In addition to the suggestions in the article, a user at the macosxhints forum found that at least temporary relief may be gained by deleting this file:
/Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices.6B.csstore
Other users have suggested that the problem is due to some sort of a conflict with hp printer software, since the problem in some cases could be eliminated / recreated by uninstalling / reinstalling the software.

Logs in then logs right back out.

My friend has a 15" PB and he is running the current version of Leopard. On the last update, he restarted his PB and it went to the login screen as it normally does and then when he logged in it went to the blue screen then right back to the login screen. He said he even tried typing in the incorrect password to see what would happen and it did the little shake graphic like it is supposed to. Any idea on what he should do?

first maybe consider backing up any important files, maybe use your iMac as host and the PowerBook in target mode (hold down "t" on power up)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
after backing up, maybe try "archive and install" option from the OS installation disc:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301270
try at your own risk though

Domain admin accounts locks out constantly

Hello.
My boss has a domain admin account that keeps locking out, and we can't figure out why. We can tell from the domain controller logs that krbtgt is the *offending* service, and it is coming from a sql server that we have. In looking over the server, we can't
find where any passwords might be stored that would be trying to pass this automatically. We've even manually removed any profile information for this account that we could find. If I reset the account, I can then log into the server with his account and everything
is fine, but after logging out the account locks again.
Does anybody have any ideas for how to fix this?
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I have something that can help you enabling netlogon logging on all DCs.
1. Make a list of DCs and save it in a text file called dcs.txt (you can do that by running netdom query DC).
2. Download psexec.exe from sysinternals
3. Then run the following to enable logging:
for /f %i in (dcs.txt) do psexec \\%i c:\windows\system32\nltest.exe /dbflag:0x2080ffff
4. Take the log files all in your place:
for /f %i in (dcs.txt) do copy /y \\%i\admin$\debug\netlogon.log .\%i.netlogon.log
5. then search for wrong passwords:
type *.netlogon.log |findstr /i 0xC000006A > badpasswords.txt
6. Disable netlogon logging:
for /f %i in (dcs.txt) do psexec \\%i c:\windows\system32\nltest.exe /dbflag:0x0

System PATH environment variable issue when user log off and log in or switch from admin to non-admin account

Hi,
Problem Description:
After installing my new product version, when user does log-off and log in again into admin account
or switch from admin account to non-admin account, PATH environment variable shows incorrect path of my product (previous product version’s path) using command prompt.
It seems windows refresh issue during session changes (log off and log in / switch from Admin to
Non-admin account).
Why PATH environment variable is not refresh immediately after log off and log in again or Switch
from admin to non-admin mode?.
Please see my thread for more details http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/445ab42c-bdff-405a-8d53-558e1b6c7d34/path-environment-variable-issue-when-user-logoff-and-login-or-switch-from-admin-to-nonadmin?forum=windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues
Also submitted bug for this in connect.microsoft.com portal.In that it has lots of information
like problem statement, Reproduction steps and Expected Results.
Bug ID: 871782
Could you please any body help me for this?. your support will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Marichamy

Why PATH environment variable is not refresh immediately after log off and log in again or Switch
from admin to non-admin mode?.
I wouldn't have any expectation of what you are doing to work the way you expect. E.g. why is the %ABC% being replaced at all? There is some help about this ambiguous scenario in the cmd help...
/V:ON Enable delayed environment variable expansion using ! as the
delimiter. For example, /V:ON would allow !var! to expand the
variable var at execution time. The var syntax expands variables
at input time, which is quite a different thing when inside of a FOR
loop.
/V:OFF Disable delayed environment expansion.
So, what's the setting for the /V: switch that your users would be using? Perhaps you should be using the ! instead of the % for your ABC variable?
Oh. There's more below where I found that...
Delayed environment variable expansion is NOT enabled by default. You
can enable or disable delayed environment variable expansion for a
particular invocation of CMD.EXE with the /V:ON or /V:OFF switch. You
can enable or disable delayed expansion for all invocations of CMD.EXE on a
machine and/or user logon session by setting either or both of the
following REG_DWORD values in the registry using REGEDIT.EXE:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\DelayedExpansion
and/or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\DelayedExpansion
to either 0x1 or 0x0. The user specific setting takes precedence over
the machine setting. The command line switches take precedence over the
registry settings.
In a batch file the SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION or DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
arguments takes precedence over the /V:ON or /V:OFF switch. See SETLOCAL /?
for details.
If delayed environment variable expansion is enabled, then the exclamation
character can be used to substitute the value of an environment variable
at execution time.
So, I guess the essence of your "bug" will boil down to whether you
need the feature to get the result you want and the
truth of that first sentence but it certainly looks like a "can of worms" to me. ; )
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle

Downloading and installing on admin account vs standard account

What is the difference for downloading and installing files when:
logged in on an admin account
logged in on a standard account (using the admin details when prompted)
I ask this, because when I am in my standard account, the downloaded files and installed applications are owned by the standard account. Does this affect how the files run on other standard accounts?

In other words, is it better to do all downloading and installing whilst logged into the admin account? The Ownership & Permissions is stopping me from doing this when logged in on my standard account. There are many other standard accounts, and I am concerned that my standard account will not be equal. This is because of the permissions issues outlined previously.
P.S. Sorry for the multiple posts. I can't find a way to edit the original post.

[svn:bz-trunk] 15533: Back out some local changes to tomcat-users. xml and tomcat-users.xml. install I inadvertently checked in when upgrading ActiveMQ on BlazeDS/trunk .

Revision: 15533
Revision: 15533
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-04-17 04:20:11 -0700 (Sat, 17 Apr 2010)
Log Message:
Back out some local changes to tomcat-users.xml and tomcat-users.xml.install I inadvertently checked in when upgrading ActiveMQ on BlazeDS/trunk.
Modified Paths:
    blazeds/trunk/servers/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/conf/tomcat-users.xml
    blazeds/trunk/servers/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/conf/tomcat-users.xml.install

i will not read all that!!!! Format it! Lots of useless information commented.
java.net.SocketException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.java:156)
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type="javax.sql.DataSource" driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url="jdbc:mysql://258.1.54.134:3306/xmnext_passport"
username="dda" password="zhoussda" maxActive="20" maxIdle="10"
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Airport network + 1 admin account + 1 standard account on the same Mac

Hello,
I have not succeeded yet in finding in this forum any answer to my problem but I guess this is a quite familiar one and may be some of you could help.
My configuration:
1) one Imac G5 Power PC (OS 10.4.6) + 1 Airport Express base station with firmware 6.3 (mostly to play Itunes on distant loudspeakers and, sometimes, for Ethernet connection).
2) one domestic Airport network protected with a WAP key.
3) 1 admin user account + 1 standard user account, both on the same Mac.
My concern:
1) When I am connected to to the admin account, my Airport network starts automatically (especially, thanks to the configuration settings "automatically connect to to the last network used" (or smthg like that) => so far, so good.
2) When I try to connect to the standard account (even when the admin one is already started), I always receive a window for authentification requiring an admin name and password for Airport (com.apple.airport.allow.network.cha): at this time the Airport icon in the menu bar is gray (no signal nor no activity?) and, in the list of the possible networks, my own one is not marked (meaning "not started"). Of course, as soon as I key in the correct data in the authentification window, the AE network starts for the standard account session => this behavior concerns me since the interest of a standard account is to have it running without the support of the admin user.
3) Last but not least and very strange behavior: when I am at step 2) (connection to the standard account), if I do not fill immediately the authentification form and go back to the admin account, when coming back again to the standard one, the authentification window has disappeared and the AE network is already running => magic but not comfortable in a normal way of doing.
Is this a problem of configuration of the AE network or configuration of the user accounts or a keychain problem? I have investigated in all areas for a while but without success at this time. Hope some of you will be able to help.
Sincerely
Christophe

Hello again,
I have not received yet any answer to my initial post (see above) but, unfortunately, the troubles described keep going. I noticed that, some of you, seem to be very familiar with Airport troubleshooting. May be, some of you will be able to help.
In addition to my initial description here is the content of the authentification window and, especially, the system element which requires an admin password for the standard account. May be it could help for a better understanding of the problem and a better investigation:
" Authorization : com.apple.airport.allow.network.cha
Tool : airport (complete path = Imac G5 de myname / System / Library / PrivateFrameworks / Apple80211.framework / Resources / airport "
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Christophe
Imac (2GHz PowerPC G5) Mac OS X (10.4.7) Airport Express station (firmware 6.3)
Imac G5 (2GHz PowerPC G5) Mac OS X (10.4.6)

IChat doesn't display OD users for non admin account

I have a Mac Mini SL server with iChat service running. When I add an Admin account (Account with admin privilege to work group manager) it can see other accounts and groups. However, when I add a non admin account it doesn't see any user nor group!
Checking the iChat logs, I can see the non admin account logging in and being authorized:
Oct 24 13:49:59 qserv jabberd/c2s[1631]: [14] [::ffff:192.168.1.29, port=50799] connect
Oct 24 13:49:59 qserv jabberd/c2s[1631]: [14] SASL authentication succeeded: mechanism=DIGEST-MD5; authzid=[email protected], TLS negotiated
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Oct 24 13:49:59 qserv jabberd/c2s[1631]: odauth_check_servicemembership: mbrcheck_servicemembership returned 0
Oct 24 13:49:59 qserv jabberd/c2s[1631]: odauth_check_servicemembership: user "user" is authorized to access service "chat"
Oct 24 13:49:59 qserv jabberd/c2s[1631]: [14] bound: jid=[email protected]/Luminous
Oct 24 13:49:59 qserv jabberd/sm[1629]: session started: jid=[email protected]/Luminous
All clients are Mac OS X 10.6

Tim Harris wrote:
odauth_check_servicemembership: user "user" is authorized to access service "chat"
This means that this user is not allowed to use the iChat services. In sever admin - access, you get to set who or what type of users / group, etc is allowed access to which services. Did you check that?
Unfortunately I don't see that! I'm using Server Admin 10.6.3 and when I click on the iChat service it displays three tabs only; Overview, Logs, Settings where settings has two sub tabs (General and Logging).
There isn't any option where I can define whom can or cannot access iChat service in Server Admin.
Under the Setting's General tab I have:
Host domains set to: qserv.xxx.net
I also have my SSL Certificate selected
Authentication: Any method
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