User Account deleted after pw reset !?

Hi !,
Im new here, and I hope you guys can help me..
First of all, Im german, but i hope my english isn´t to terrible ^^
We got an i'Mac for my mom last christmas and she forgot her main pasword :-/
So I used the reset tool from the install-DVD and then restarted the machine.
I got to the log-in window and tried the new pw i chose before but it didnt´t work.
When i went back to the reset tool, there were no user accounts to choose from so i guess they´re somehow gone..
I really need help, hope u guys can help..

When i went back to the reset tool, there were no user accounts to choose from so i guess they´re somehow gone
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1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.390 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account '_trustevaluationagent'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account '_unknown'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.390 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account '_unknown'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account 'updatesharing'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.391 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account 'updatesharing'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_usbmuxd" with home "/var/db/lockdown" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.391 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_usbmuxd" with home "/var/db/lockdown" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 213
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.392 ManagedClient[8181:903] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 213
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_uucp" with home "/var/spool/uucp" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 4
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account '_windowserver'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_www" with home "/Library/WebServer" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 70
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_xgridagent" with home "/var/xgrid/agent" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 86
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_xgridcontroller" with home "/var/xgrid/controller" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 85
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "alan" with home "/Users/alan" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.392 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_uucp" with home "/var/spool/uucp" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.392 ManagedClient[8181:903] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 4
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.393 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account '_windowserver'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.394 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_www" with home "/Library/WebServer" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.394 ManagedClient[8181:903] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 70
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.395 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_xgridagent" with home "/var/xgrid/agent" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.395 ManagedClient[8181:903] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 86
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.396 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "_xgridcontroller" with home "/var/xgrid/controller" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.397 ManagedClient[8181:903] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 85
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:14.397 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "alan" with home "/Users/alan" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "daemon" with home "/var/root" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM ManagedClient[8181] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 1
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account 'nobody'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM ManagedClient[8181] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account 'zend'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:16.666 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared: removing external account "daemon" with home "/var/root" from DSLocal because disk disappeared.
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:16.667 ManagedClient[8181:903] MCXCDeleteAccount(): Trying to delete user id = 1
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:16.667 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account 'nobody'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:16 PM com.apple.loginwindow[8173] 2011-01-24 18:04:16.667 ManagedClient[8181:903] -xaDiskDisappeared error attempting to delete empty home account 'zend'. localUserMCXRecords count = 54
1/24/11 6:04:18 PM loginwindow[8173] Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM kernel systemShutdown true
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM shutdown[8222] halt by alan:
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM shutdown[8222] SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1295852659 286784
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM SystemStarter[41] "/Library/StartupItems" failed sanity check: path was created after boot up
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM Parallels[8224] Stopping Parallels Dispatcher Service
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM Parallels[8230] Stopping Parallels networking
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM prl_naptd[273] Exiting Parallels Network Daemon
1/24/11 6:04:19 PM Parallels[8249] Unloading kernel extension prl_netbridge.kext
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext loading now disabled.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext unloading now disabled.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext autounloading now disabled.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kernel requests now disabled.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel com.parallels.kext.prlnet 6.0.11828.615184 is unloading.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel free vms_list while it is not empty
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext unloading is disabled (com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge).
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM Parallels[8272] Failed to unload kernel extension prl_netbridge.kext
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM Parallels[8277] Unloading kernel extension prl_vnic.kext
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext unloading is disabled (com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge).
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext unloading is disabled (com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge).
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel com.parallels.kext.vnic 6.0.11828.615184 is unloading.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Failed to delete address of interface: 102
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Failed to delete address of interface: 102
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prl_vnicbus: wait for detach for 0
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prl_vnic_bus::detachhandler for 0
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prl_vnicbus: detached 0
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prlvnic: destroyed vnic0
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Failed to delete address of interface: 102
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Failed to delete address of interface: 102
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prl_vnicbus: wait for detach for 1
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prl_vnic_bus::detachhandler for 1
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prl_vnicbus: detached 1
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel comparallels_kext_prlvnic: destroyed vnic1
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM kernel Kext unloading is disabled (com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic).
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM Parallels[8300] Failed to unload kernel extension prl_vnic.kext
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM Parallels[8303] Parallels Networking was stopped
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM DirectoryService[11] BUG in libdispatch: 10J567 - 1960 - 0x10004004
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM WindowServer[8177] hidd died. Reestablishing connection.
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM SecurityAgent[8186] CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM WindowServer[8177] bootstraplookip failed: Unknown service name
1/24/11 6:04:20 PM mDNSResponder[18] mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.14 (Nov 18 2010 14:18:32) stopping
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM SecurityAgent[8186] MIG: server died: CGSReleaseShmem : Cannot release shared memory
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM SecurityAgent[8186] kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM SecurityAgent[8186] CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM SecurityAgent[8186] HIToolbox: received notification of WindowServer event port death.
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM SecurityAgent[8186] port matched the WindowServer port created in BindCGSToRunLoop
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM SecurityAgent[8186] kCGErrorRangeCheck: On-demand launch of the Window Server is allowed for root user only.
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM kernel Kext unloading is disabled (com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic).
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM kernel Kext unloading is disabled (com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic).
1/24/11 6:04:21 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[24] Session 0x235c78 dead

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
This is a real puzzle - there have been a number of related reports recently:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2675891
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2684412
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12731083
Your log includes:
1/24/11 6:04:14 PM ManagedClient818 -xaDiskDisappeared: removing
external account "alan" with home "/Users/alan" from DSLocal because disk
disappeared.
Is "alan" your regular user account? If so, is it supposed to be local to your HD? (the log report calls it "external account 'alan'")
There have been suggestions in the other threads that the trigger for the inappropriate account destruction by the system might involve the unexpected disconnection of an external USB drive. The situation isn't at all clear, though.

Lost User Account Settings After OSX Security Update

After loading the security update, the system booted up into OSX and into my account without asking for a password. Other than having the same dock icons and applications, my account seems to have been cleared. I have no files on my desktop and all my programs are reset, each one asking me to set it up, find registration and serial numbers, etc. The dock was at its default position on the bottom also.
I found my user account and the settings for it under Shared users on my MacIntosh HD. I don't know how it got there, but all my information is there...I just don't know hot to get OSX to use it instead of the bare bones settings it seems to have chosen.
Can anyone help me with this? I am still running OSX 10.3.9 on a Mac G4.
Mac G4 MDD Mac OS X (10.3.9)

The system would not allow me to do this because some files were in use in the account into which I was trying to copy. I had already been looking in the accounts prior to having a response and decided to do the following:
1) create a new account with a different name - I used "owner"
2) copy all the information from the old account which I found under shared into the new "owner" account
3) log out of the account I was on (the labotomized version of my original account) and log on to new "owner" account. Verify links, files, etc...everything was good, just like it had been.
4) rename the offending account.
5) rename new owner account back to the old name.
6) log out and back in the old account name...everything was back with my original account name.
Might not have needed all those steps, but I can't believe that worked. I was quite happy it worked, but still confused at to how that happened in the first place.

User accounts missing after system crash

I have an iMac running Lepoard
It reset itself possibly it got too hot.
After it had reset all of the user accounts seem to have disappeared.
The system goes through startup and presents a Logon dialog. The only user that shows up is a user called Other. This is not a valid user in the system.
The other piece of diagnostic information is that all keyboard keys during startup are ignored. Have tried getting to a CD boot, single user etc, nothing seems to be acknowledged.
Any thoughts as to what has happened or how to repair.

If you are able to I suggest you try a different keyboard for using the key commands at startup.
I would suggest a good third party repair utility like DiskWarrior or Drive Genius may be your best bet. If you are able to get a keyboard working with the Mac and you have the option then use target disk mode to mount your Mac on the Desktop of another Mac and back it up or if you have a bootable external HD then use that to boot the Mac up and again back up your data. Hardware can be replaced or repaired and applications can be reinstalled but data cannot unless you have a backup so make sure your data is safe first before you tinker too much.

User accounts gone after Restoring disk

Hello -
I am running OS 10.4.11 on a PowerMac G4 Dual 450MHz Desktop. Recently I purchased a new IDE Hard Drive to put into my computer. I wanted to make an exact copy of my old hard drive onto the new hard drive and use the new hard drive as my main startup volume. I used the Restore tab in Disk Utility to create the copy.
What happened is that none of the user account data was copied over. Even more strange is that now I cannot find any of my user account data on the original hard drive!
I used the application "Whatsize" to figure out where all the data is allocated to on the original hard drive. It only accounted for about 25GB of the 30GB of data that are being used on the hard drive. I'm guessing the remaining 5GB of data is what was in my user account, but it can't find it for some reason.
Anyhow, I guess my question is, how do I recover the data from my user account that I can't seem to find?
Also, steps I've taken so far:
- I ran Disk Utility (from another computer using the disk in Target disk mode) to see if I could repair permissions or repair the disk. Neither Repair Permissions nor Verify Permissions were enabled for me to check - only Verify and Repair Disk. I clicked Verify Disk and got a message saying that it had failed and said that "The underlying task reported failure on exit". I then tried to Repair Disk, but got the same error. Disk cannot be verified or repaired.
- I've also tried DiskWarrior on it, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
Thanks,
Steve Pederson

Hi Steve,
I found the following in the Apple Help Viewer. Read thoroughly first to see if this might help you:
Restoring a deleted user account
If a user's account was deleted and the contents of the user's home folder were saved, you can restore that user's account and the contents of their home folder. Saved items in the deleted home folder are stored in a disk image file (the filename ends in .dmg) in the Deleted Users folder in the Users folder on the startup disk.
1. To open the user's deleted files, double-click the disk image in the Deleted Users folder in the Users folder on the startup disk. The disk image content appears in a new window.
2. Note: If there is no disk image for the user's deleted account, no files were saved when the account was deleted. You will need to create a new account for the user.
3. To restore the deleted user's home folder, open the Users folder on the startup disk and choose File > New Folder.
4. Type a name for the folder and then press Return.
5. To copy the contents of the disk image to the new user account, in the disk image file, choose Edit > Select All and then drag the contents to the user folder you created.
6. To re-create the deleted user account, choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Accounts. If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
7. Click Add + and then type the user name. If you don't want to use the automatically generated short name, type a new short name. (After the account is created, you won't be able to change the short name.)
8. Type the user's password in the Password and Verify boxes. You may type a hint to help the user remember the password.
9. Click Create Account.
10. In the dialog that appears, click OK restore the user's account. The user's home folder will contain all their saved files.
Carolyn
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User Account Deleted event ID concern

It is my understanding that when a user account is deleted in AD an event should be generated with ID 4726 (assuming you have auditing enabled), however in my company this does not appear to be the case, and i'm wondering why. I just tested this after being
unable to track down a user deletion earlier. When i delete a user account, the only event generated is 5141 (Directory Service Change). Am i missing something here? I have "Audit Account Management" set to success and failure. Everywhere i read
online tells me a 4726 event should be generated but it is not.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Thank you so much for your sharing!
Your response is very beneficial to other people who have similar issues.
Please feel free to let us know if there are any issues in the future.
Have a nice day!
Amy

I need a logout script that will erase the standard user account data after logout.

I have a lab of 35 Macbook Pros and I am trying to make it where when the user logouts, it will erase the data after they logout.
I have found several articles about deleting user accounts when they login through AD, but this is not the case.
Any help would be much help!

Then when they are at those system they do not Login and if they do have to enter a password it is whatever it is for the Base user account that is setup. Right?
I'd look at the Mac KB system to see if you can restrict saving to the local HDD but yet allow saving to a thumb drive or not.
To do what you want the system would need to keep track of all files saved from time X to time Y, and those times would be every changing. Not sure you are going to get there from here.
Not sure what you mean by Lab machines. I've worked in and gone to school at a Graphic art school and they have hundreds of Lab Mac's that each student must log into with there own user account when in different classes and when saving any of there work it gets saved on the server so it can be retrieved by them when they log into another system someplace else throughout the school or when using their own computer and connected to the schools network.
I wish you the best of luck with this project.

User being deleted after restarting

Hello, i am having this little issue, whenever the PC restarts, my user gets deleted.
I don't know why this happens. and i would like to know if there is a fix for this?
thank you

Hi Rufus,
Thanks for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Please provide some more information for further troubleshooting.
Which type of user profile you are using, is it roaming profile?
Did you find any error\Event log?
Please refer below article for more information.
1. Tracing down user and computer account deletion in Active Directory
2. Event IDs when a user account is deleted from Active Directory
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Dharmesh

WLC loses user account database after reload

The certificate on the Wireless Lan controller had expired.
I installed the certificate and restarted the controller.
The controller lost the entire user account database.
I imported the database from another system and after the reload the database was again lost.
Apart from this everything else works fine.
And there are also problems when restoring guest user accounts from Wireless Controll System, WCS the accounts are restored but not the passwords. Also we cannot set expiration date longer then 30 days, we have to set it unlimited first and then change it to limited.
Please let me know if anyone has come across this kind of an issue.

Hi,
I had a similar problem just a day ago:
A WLC4402-50 crashed and lost all of its database entries (Usernames, PSKs, MAC-Adresses,...). I don't know if it restarted and then crashed, or if it crashed and then restarted because of the crash.
The crash log contains this lines:
"Analysis of Failure:
Software was stopped for the following reason:
The system has encountered a fatal condition at mmc_system.c:2093"
Very strange behaviour. I would appreciate any comment, if i have to exchange the hardware or if i shouldn't take any action.
Regards,
Sebastian

User accounts missing after post install reboot and cannot login

The 10.5 install process completed and my mac mini rebooted and came up with the login screen. None of my user accounts show - my admin user and my regular user account (also has admin privs) are not available and all I can chose is 'Other' - I have enter both my user accounts and passwords but they are not accepted.
I then restarted from the Leopard disk, cancelled the install program and used the password utility to reset these passwords and all the accounts show up in the selections (including a guest one I have set up).
I'm stuck here - can get no further. Only option seems to be restarting the install from scratch unless anyone else has a good suggestion?

Ok now restarted the install process (by selecting back from the login screen and then selecting restart from the login screen that showed the 'Other' user account only. I held down the c on the keyboard until the restart took the Leopard disc which was in the drive.
Then I went thru the install steps (language, license agree etc) and when it asked for what disk to install on I selected the mac mini HDD ad then clicked the options button to select the Archiv and Install option (rather than the Update only option I had been doing).
The install process purred through ok and I am up and running.
Now on to my MacBook Pro .....Thanks for the help and suggestions all

Why won't user account delete

I just purchased a MacBook Pro and transfered data form my old PowerBook G4 to it. I'm trying to delete a user account but it won't do it despite asking if I want to delete this account. Any ideas why and/or how I can delete it?

Well it could be because the PowerBook G4 is a rather old machine and OS and migration assistant did the best job it could under the circumstances.
I would transfer your files to the first user created on the machine via the "Shared" box under the Users folder, and when your up and complete, then delete the one created via the migration assistant from the PB G4.
Perhaps consider backing up your files to a storage drive and performing troubleshooting steps in my extensive post here
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

User account missing after upgrade to Yosemite?

I have a mid-2010 iMac which up until recently I had two user accounts on for general use and one for music (Garageband, Logic and audio files etc). After upgrading to Yosemite, this separate user has vanished. I'm left with my original admin account, and a guest login. If I search for any of the files using spotlight, they do show up, but if I try to open them I get the message "you do not have permission to open this document". Also I had folders on the desktop of the music account which contained files, these folders show up in a search but are listed as empty? The files themselves are 'blank white sheet' icons as if they have no application.
I would assume this is a lost cause if not for the fact that my hard drive (more than half of which was taken up by the 'music' user) still reads as pretty much full up. So have I wiped all this forever?
Thanks in advance,
Dave

retina MacBookPro mid2012. Clean install of OS X Yosemite 10.10
I'm randomly missing an account at login screen after reboot.
Sometimes I can fix it with booting into my initial account 'Kevin' (userid 501) and then changing to different login 'Christina' (userid 502).
But if I log out from my account, the second account is missing. Same if I do a reboot.. This have me in stitches as I ofcause has the need for privacy from each account.
Both accounts are set up as admins, guest is deactivated.
rMBP 16gb sep2012.
userid 501:
home directory: /Users/Kevin
userid 502:
home directory: /Users/Christina
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