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A GUI tool to change the short username
Authored by: JohnITG on May 29, '04 05:26:25PM

I used to do the netinfo thing then came along "Accounts Enhancer" from
the author of Cocktail. Very simple, very quick and it works!! Just have to
fix a couple of minor perf's like reslect your theme in Shape Shifter.

I give this one 5 Mice...

http://www.macosxcocktail.com/accountsenhancer/



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A GUI tool to change the short username
Authored by: dogboy on May 30, '04 03:49:50PM

So why does the Panther version try to mount a remote disc image? It is hard to trust a tool which has such potential to hose your system when it is delivered by the very method all the recent security worries have been concerned with.



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A GUI tool to change the short username
Authored by: DanFrakes on Jun 01, '04 04:45:59AM

I did some testing with Accounts Enhancer tonight, and it unfortunately doesn't do a complete job of changing your short username. Specifically:

* It doesn't update all groups to reflect the new short username. If you (or other software) have created groups, those groups will not reflect the new short username and, thus, will no longer include your account.
* It doesn't update the Web Sharing (httpd) settings to reflect the new short username. After changing your short username using Accounts Enhancer, Personal Web Sharing will no longer "serve" your personal Sites folder.

It also doesn't back up your NetInfo database or perform any error-checking that I could determine.



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