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    No account in user view

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by M@lew, Nov 20, 2006.

  1. M@lew

    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    I created a second account called "admin" which I'm going to use if my computer stuffs up but I can't see it in the user accounts page. (The one where you see who to log in as) I can log in if I type in the username and password but it doesn't actually appear there. Why is that?
     
    M@lew, Nov 20, 2006
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  2. cashmonee

    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I am not sure why it would not show up. Delete the account and create a new one, see if that does it. Also, try naming it something besides Admin.
     
    cashmonee, Nov 20, 2006
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    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried renaming it and it didn't work. I can create new accounts and they appear, but this one doesn't.
     
    M@lew, Nov 20, 2006
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    Cashmonee may have a point; in a Linux system once I tried to create an account named "Shelle", after my sister's, and it wouldn't let me. Perhaps the name "admin" is similarly protected under OS X.
     
    Wooky, Nov 21, 2006
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