[X-Unix] Re: Leopard Short Name Issue

[Richard Hartman]

On Jan 23, 2008, at 6:33 AM, Jon Boone wrote:

>
> On Jan 22, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Richard Hartman wrote:
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>> =======================
>> Jon Boone wrote:
>> On Jan 22, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Richard Hartman wrote:
>>
>> >> The issue: The main admin account on this machine (LONG name
>> >> "Richard") has become associated in some way with TWO "short  
>> names",
>> >> "rjh" and "richard".
>>
>> >What happens when you try the following:
>> >% dscl . -read /Users/rjh
>>
>> I get LOTS of stuff with the expected info on the "rjh" account
>>
>> >% dscl . -read /Users/richard
>>
>> This produces... zilch:
>>
>> $ dscl . -read /Users/richard
>> <dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14136 (eDSRecordNotFound)
>>
>> Thanks for the effort Jon; but, no joy...
>
>  Does the following produce any output about "richard"?
>
> % dscl . -readall /Users
>
>

No, nothing shows up (in the listing comprising 44 users) but the  
single admin record with long name "Richard", short name "rjh".

Thanks for teaching me about this tool, though. I would never have  
imagined there were 44 "Users" lurking under the hood on this little  
stripped-down system!

Richard