Restarted iMac and Now am asked for Name and Password
I restarted my computer this morning and it now asks for a name and password.
I've only used one password on my MACs, so I think I'm using the right password.
But I've tried several combinations of my name and nothing is working.
I tried reparing permissions and re-setting the password with startup disk. But that hasn't helped.
Any suggestions?
Sean M wrote:
Thanks for replying V.K.
when I go to accounts, I see my account name under "groups".
under groups? that's nor right it should be under users. sounds like the directory services entry for your account is corrupt.
do the following. log in as root, open terminal and enter the following command in terminal
rm /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/short-user-name.plist
Instead of short-user-name put in the above the short name of your main user. It's the same as the name of that user's home directory in /Users folder. Please make sure you copy the command EXACTLY as given. it's very important. we don't want to delete the wrong thing here. this will delete the directory services record for that user.
Restart, log in as root again and try creating an account with that short user name. it will say that a home directory by that name already exists and ask if you want to use it. say "yes".
This should hopefully restore that user. try logging in.
I clicked on it and there is no way to change password on that account. What I see when I click on my account is:
Name: account name
Membership: System Administrator
I just restarted the computer again and could not log in using my account name.
Not sure if I should be trying to change my original account name password differently.
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