[CUBE] Changing administrator in Panther
Joseph B. Gurman
gurman at gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Jan 28 05:35:48 PST 2004
Boris wrote:
>U can change the Name and the Password in System Pref->Users, but I dont
>think u can change the short User name...
>
>Boris
>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> Situation: I have an iBook which I plan to offer to my sister. This ice
>> IBook's already running 10.3.2 (aka Panther).
>> Problem: My sister doesn't want my administrator/short name and password.
>> Question: How do I change its administrator/short name and password without
>> having to reinstall the whole system again?
Actually, that's System Preferences -> Accounts in Panther, but
as he says, you can't change the short name. The simplest thing to do
is to create a new user account, make it an admin, and delete your
original user account.
HTH,
Joe Gurman
--
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- Douglas
Adams, 1952 - 2001
Joseph B. Gurman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics
Branch, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA
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