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<blockquote data-quote="pedrothekevin" data-source="post: 45698">Well, I got my mac off ebay around a month ago.&nbsp; Things have been wonderful.&nbsp; Nothing but good experiences.Earlier tonight I was trying to change the short name of my account, since the brilliant mind I bought it from named it 'macmac' and that wasn't quite... me.&nbsp; Of course I probably should have left it as it was, but being the fickle person that I am, I attempted to change it.I downloaded the program called &quot;ChangeShortName&quot; after reading the programmer hype it about being super easy and such.So I ran the program, and apparently the shell program finished.&nbsp; I then logged out and back in as my new short name, &quot;khan&quot;.&nbsp; Well apparently the program didn't work completely, because I didn't have any admin privliges and there was still a folder for macmac in the User folder, but I didn't have an option for logging in as macmac at the OSX Login screen, so I decided to read the instructions that came with the program and attempt to restore the backup to the way it was before I got this horrible idea of trying to change it in the first place...So I rebooted to single-user mode as the documentation told me to.&nbsp; I mounted the drive by doing /sbin/mount -uw / &lt;return&gt; and things seemed to be going smoothly.&nbsp; I then did the rest of the commands as stated.cd /var/db/netinfo &lt;return&gt;mv local.nidb local.nidb.bad &lt;return&gt;nicl -raw local.nidb -create &lt;return&gt;niload -d -r / -t localhost/local &lt; local-ChangeShortNameBackup-Aug192004.nidump &lt;return&gt;When I do that last command it says &quot;cannot connect to server localhost/local: communication failure&quot; so I tried rebooting the computer.&nbsp; When the password screen comes up, I can only attempt to log in as &quot;Other&quot; but none of the username/passwords I had work.So then I rebooted and attempted to rename the local.nidb.bad back to local.nidb, but I still only get the &quot;Other&quot; user option.Anyone have any ideas?&nbsp; This will teach me never to mess with things of this nature ever again <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />-Kevin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pedrothekevin, post: 45698"] Well, I got my mac off ebay around a month ago. Things have been wonderful. Nothing but good experiences. Earlier tonight I was trying to change the short name of my account, since the brilliant mind I bought it from named it 'macmac' and that wasn't quite... me. Of course I probably should have left it as it was, but being the fickle person that I am, I attempted to change it. I downloaded the program called "ChangeShortName" after reading the programmer hype it about being super easy and such. So I ran the program, and apparently the shell program finished. I then logged out and back in as my new short name, "khan". Well apparently the program didn't work completely, because I didn't have any admin privliges and there was still a folder for macmac in the User folder, but I didn't have an option for logging in as macmac at the OSX Login screen, so I decided to read the instructions that came with the program and attempt to restore the backup to the way it was before I got this horrible idea of trying to change it in the first place... So I rebooted to single-user mode as the documentation told me to. I mounted the drive by doing /sbin/mount -uw / <return> and things seemed to be going smoothly. I then did the rest of the commands as stated. cd /var/db/netinfo <return> mv local.nidb local.nidb.bad <return> nicl -raw local.nidb -create <return> niload -d -r / -t localhost/local < local-ChangeShortNameBackup-Aug192004.nidump <return> When I do that last command it says "cannot connect to server localhost/local: communication failure" so I tried rebooting the computer. When the password screen comes up, I can only attempt to log in as "Other" but none of the username/passwords I had work. So then I rebooted and attempted to rename the local.nidb.bad back to local.nidb, but I still only get the "Other" user option. Anyone have any ideas? This will teach me never to mess with things of this nature ever again :) -Kevin [/QUOTE]

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