[X Newbies] Assorted questions

[Raoul Armfield]

:> 7  I have a one-user set up in OS X and I am, by default, the 
:> administrator, but I find there are details I cannot change 
:in my user 
:> account, namely the 'short name'.  I entered it wrongly the 
:first time 
:> and can't fix it.  It pops up on various occasions and I have to 
:> retype it each time.
:> 
:I've wondered that myself.  I believe there is no way to 
:change the short name.  If you really want to change it, I 
:believe you'll have to make a new account, copy the files via 
:the "shared" folders, maybe change some of the ownerships.  
:It's a little complicated.  It's not hard once you know what 
:you're doing, but probably you'll want to gain a little more 
:experience before doing this.
:

There is a way to do this from the commandline but not sure how.
However this is from the Apple Knowledge Base

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824&SaveKCWindowURL=
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Raoul