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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Just got mine in.... YAY
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<blockquote data-quote="Corrosive" data-source="post: 178859" data-attributes="member: 14950"><p>Should I be scared of ChangeShortName? Yes. Although every attempt has been made to make this script safe and robust, renaming a Unix account is not a trivial process. If something goes wrong, or if you rename an account that shouldn’t be renamed, you could seriously foul up that account or even cripple the operating system. In addition, changing your short name involves editing the NetInfo database. If your NetInfo database was already corrupt/damaged before using ChangeShortName, using it could reveal existing corruption or, in the worst-case scenario, add to that corruption. (This only makes sense: editing a directory of information that is out of order means that you might edit the wrong thing unintentionally.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thats a quote from the program.... I think I can deal with it, kinda sucks its such a risky thing though. Possibly when I get more comfortable with the mac platform I will do it, but untill then, I am going to pass. Thanks for the info though.</p><p></p><p>-Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corrosive, post: 178859, member: 14950"] Should I be scared of ChangeShortName? Yes. Although every attempt has been made to make this script safe and robust, renaming a Unix account is not a trivial process. If something goes wrong, or if you rename an account that shouldn’t be renamed, you could seriously foul up that account or even cripple the operating system. In addition, changing your short name involves editing the NetInfo database. If your NetInfo database was already corrupt/damaged before using ChangeShortName, using it could reveal existing corruption or, in the worst-case scenario, add to that corruption. (This only makes sense: editing a directory of information that is out of order means that you might edit the wrong thing unintentionally.) Thats a quote from the program.... I think I can deal with it, kinda sucks its such a risky thing though. Possibly when I get more comfortable with the mac platform I will do it, but untill then, I am going to pass. Thanks for the info though. -Mike [/QUOTE]
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