[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
-- 
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
                                                             - Douglas 
Adams, 1952 - 2001

Joseph B. Gurman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics
Branch, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA



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