[G4] How to Change User Name (was: How to Change computer name)

[Wayne Clodfelter]

There is a freeware that does this for you. I have used it a couple 
times with no problems. YMMV, of course.
The name of the freeware? Are you ready for this? The name is 
ChangeShortName. There.

On Jan 6, 2005, at 8:13 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

> Ah Tim!  I am happy to read of your success.  So you have nerves of 
> steel.  That's the October '04 issue of MacAddict which I just 
> retrieved a couple days ago on an inter-library loan within the 
> county.
>
> After reading about MacAddict on another thread, I found that Apple 
> has an excellent article #106824.  Since the account at issue here is 
> my Admin account, I'll have to temporarily convert another account to 
> Admin to execute the change I want.  This will be my first venture 
> into Terminal, brrr/
>
> On Jan 6, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Tim Collier wrote:
>
>> There was a really neat article in MacAddict a couple of months ago 
>> on how
>> to change the short name (the name that is given to your user folder) 
>> but it
>> is slightly complicated.  If this is what you mean, I'd be more than 
>> happy
>> to share it with you.  I've done the procedure twice now and didn't 
>> kill the
>> computer.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On 1/6/05 12:44 PM, "jonseward at mindspring.com" 
>> <jonseward at mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dick,
>>>
>>> I might have misunderstood earlier:
>>>
>>> To change your computer's name open the preferences window, then 
>>> select
>>> 'Sharing'  You can then
>>> highlight the name of your computer and type in a new name.  You may 
>>> lose
>>> connectivity from
>>> other computers that may be on your network unless you go to them and
>>> provide your new name
>>> on those computers - I'm too chicken to change my computer's name 
>>> and then
>>> find out...though it
>>> should be based on the underlying numerical address...
>
> Al Poulin
> Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
> proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.
>
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Regards,

Wayne Clodfelter
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