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i recently found out the hard way that you can't rename the home folder short name from the finder. I tracked down the solution and was able to restore my files folders, presets, itunes etc. no problem. everything as it was. even the name. all works in my administrator account.
my problem is that user accounts won't work now. I have a recent copy of the users folders on a HD, and tried the same renaming and replacing files but when i log out and back in on the users account i get a delay and a error message that says
"home folder for user is not located in the usual place or cannot be accessed" followed by small print about networks and how the home folder may have been changed or deleted.( which it was, but was restored to be identical to before) the 2nd user uses only itunes so all the other os x features are default, and they are not set up as an admin. When i log in to the users account i get the error message,a default os x with the computers title but not the users account. the itunes claims that the itunes folder is not in the music folder and won't run. Safari is buggy too. and asks me to set up new keychains, then still won't flow right. But as the administrator it appears that every thing is in the right place in my finder and all systems work on my side. log out and in as the user and same problems.
so i tried to create a new account, deleting the old, several times, with admin. privledges, name changes and other variations. same error message. Swapping files from with in the suspect folders, using my user partition, and the users but with no effect. same error message
I have to assume that my home files are the problem but they all appear to be proper and my side of the computer is as it should be... What now?
I'm running a g4 tower with the latest tiger os x update. fyi- thanks
my problem is that user accounts won't work now. I have a recent copy of the users folders on a HD, and tried the same renaming and replacing files but when i log out and back in on the users account i get a delay and a error message that says
"home folder for user is not located in the usual place or cannot be accessed" followed by small print about networks and how the home folder may have been changed or deleted.( which it was, but was restored to be identical to before) the 2nd user uses only itunes so all the other os x features are default, and they are not set up as an admin. When i log in to the users account i get the error message,a default os x with the computers title but not the users account. the itunes claims that the itunes folder is not in the music folder and won't run. Safari is buggy too. and asks me to set up new keychains, then still won't flow right. But as the administrator it appears that every thing is in the right place in my finder and all systems work on my side. log out and in as the user and same problems.
so i tried to create a new account, deleting the old, several times, with admin. privledges, name changes and other variations. same error message. Swapping files from with in the suspect folders, using my user partition, and the users but with no effect. same error message
I have to assume that my home files are the problem but they all appear to be proper and my side of the computer is as it should be... What now?
I'm running a g4 tower with the latest tiger os x update. fyi- thanks