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Amazing. I install 10.4.2 and restart. I'm never asked to enter my name/pw on the login page, but after the install/restart suddenly I am. And the system isn't accepting my name/pw. Thank god I have a second HD I can boot to in 10.3.9. I have one name/pw combination for everything I do. And...

I have searched for this but maybe I'm not using the right keywords. I understand, by default, Mac OS X attempts to mount any attached disk drive once you login. I have an internal hard drive and an external hard drive attached to my Mac Mini and I would like for Mac OS X to NOT attempt to...

Whenever I try to login, the computer accepts my name and password and brings up the desktop for just a few seconds. After just a few seconds it loops back to the login screen. I was just curious how that could be corrected or if there was a way that I could get around the login screen and...

Hi, I remember my username and password, but what i'd like to do is switch on the computer and make OS X(Tiger) log me in <i>automatically</i>, i.e i dont need to type in my username or password. I know X-Windows could do this(at least Ubuntu), is there a way to do this in OS X Thanks sapsi

Hello all, I am running MAC OS X 10.39 on my desktop, and I have an Xserve running Mac OS Server 10.39. My issue is that sometimes coworkers are unable to log into our server. When I check the Workgroup manager, their icon on the let column has a red X marked over them. The status...

Hello, and here's a doozy, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have to a lot of reinstalling. Here's the situation. I have about 6 Macs with OS 10.3.9 on them connected to windows active directory. Each one has one local administrator account. Each one before upgrading to 10.3.9 was able to...

Here's a strange one: I have two accounts in Tiger (10.4.1); the one I use 90% of the time has become inaccessible. About 20 seconds after I log in to that account the desktop disappears (amidst heavy disk activity), and I find myself logged off that account and back to the login screen...

I just installed 10.4 from a family pack onto my 17" 1.5Ghz G4PB. and after the restart, my account name or password no longer work. I have connected the PB to my G5 in target disk more and everything is there my account , folders docs, the lot. But when I boot the PB I can't login I...

I'm very new to Terminal scripting. I'm actually just attempting to make an Automator Workflow that will upload some photos for a Flash based gallery. The problem is I need to be able to change the chmod of the folder I upload. Is there a why to put the password in the connection script "ssh...

We purchased a new Powerbook that came preinstalled with Tiger, and after setting up its user accounts and configuring the airport for our wireless environment, we moved a good deal of content from the user folders off another Powerbook running Panther. We installed 10.4.1 and everything was...

I'm having problems in OS 10.2.8 My account (admin user) wont log in anymore. It seems to be caught in some kind of a infinite loop. (Auto log in is activated) I ran Disk Warior on the machine and it corrected all my disk errors, but I still can't log in in any of the accounts after I start...

Hello I am working with my G4 that is having some problems. Allow me to explain; The computer starts extremely slow, and takes for ever to load the login window, then once it is loaded the password to the main account doesnt work, Iv'e tried resetting the password using the disk utility on the...

I have this crazy problem. I have installed an HP printer (I know I should not use HP but it was a gift) and every time I login I find the HP printer in my dock. So I remove it from the dock. Log-out, log back in and the HP printer is AGAIN in the dock. So I checked in my control...

HI This time I'm having problems with my Powerbook g3 Lombard. I was in the process of Software Updating to 10.3.9 and it was during the optimization step of the process the machine paniced and requested me to hold down power key for restart. I did so and now when I boot up it gets as...

We have recently purchased a new G5 with Tiger when previously we were running Panther on all our other G5's with no issues (within reason) Whenever loging in as a user (other than the administrator), it appears that you have in effect logged in twice. It is not possible log just the...

Is there anyway in Tiger to automatically connect to a network drive immediately after logging in?

hi, I'm having a weird problem on my Powerbook running 10.3.9. On login no of the "OS apps" will start, -their icons just bounce a few times in the dock, before they freeze and need to be forced to quit. However, after repairing permissions with Onyx everything seemed to work fine again, until...

Hi, Im new with MacOS security....I need to secure the Mac's (9.x) on my Lan,... I have two questions: 1. How can I configure a login security?, How can I "tell" MacOS to ask for a user & pass? 2. I have a windows 2000 server, can I "connect" the Mac's to active directory, or I will need...

I just did an upgrade to Tiger on nine company computers today. Each computer has an administrator account (called "Admin") and a standard user account for the user of that computer. After each upgrade, the Admin accounts no longer show up in the login window or the fast user switching menu...

Hi There, I'm running Mac OS X 10.3 with a main server running LDAPv3 for authentication. The users login in to any of our Macs and have network accounts on the server. My networked systems are configured to look for the LDAP server. A list of available logins are displayed on the login...