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Keep UID above 501 for login window account display
Authored by: kcamera on Aug 29, '03 03:59:38PM

I didn't mean to imply that the UID *should* be 501, only that numbers less than 501 are filtered out. I agree that you should be careful using any values in the low 500's, but all you have to do is dump the user database from NetInfo and make sure you're not using an existing value. I did NOT try seeing if the OS checks for collisions when creating new accounts -- for example, if you use 503 and then create a third user account using System Preferences, I don't know if OSX will skip that value or cause a problem...

As far as permissions, those issues are covered in the link I included with the hint. Be aware that the user directory is by far the most critical, as you mention in your comment. But there are also some files in /Library, /Applications, and /usr which may be owned by your old UID. Those should be changed as well using a careful script or find command (see the link for an example).



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