[Osx-nutters] User name

[Chris Garaffa]

On 9/11/06, Jeff <jahergan at mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote:
>
> > On 12 Sep 2006, at 00:07, Jeffrey P. Hergan, Ph.D. wrote:
> >> Is there a way to change the long and short user names for the
> >> main admin account in 10.4?
> >> I have only one user on my machine and I want to change the long
> >> and short names, but it seems to only allow me to change the long
> >> name.
> >
> > Can't you do it in NetInfo Manager?
> >
>
> Yes!  But....
> I did that (changed the name in NetInfo) and it seems to have
> automagically changed my account to a non-admin account.
> And so...tell me another good trick that you know :-)
> What now?


I used this utility: <
http://www.macosxpowertools.com/content/shortusername.html> a while ago
under Panther. The site claims it works under Tiger, as well.

-- 
Chris Garaffa
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