user name is not home directory

i tried whoami on terminal but the username is again, not correct

No, it is correct, but that may not be what you expect.

If you incorrectly change the short user name using the Advanced… options in Users & Groups, you can cause all sorts of havoc in the account.

The proper way to change the name (or anything in Advanced…) is to do it from another admin-capable account. If you make the changes while logged into the same account you are changing, you will remove the capability to administrate the computer from that account. Changing the name won't change the home folder name. You must change that separately, again using a different admin account.

If you have removed the ability to administrate the Mac from that account, and you don't have another admin account to use to fix the problems, you will need to create a new admin account using the Setup Assistant: https://www.lifewire.com/create-new-admin-account-for-login-issues-2259976

From that account, you can fix the problems in the other account, if you can figure out what you did.

Here are the instructions for changing an account name. Note that you must be logged out of the account you are changing.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548

It could be a ghost user. Go to Finder.app > Go > Go to Folder. Or you can do Command + Shift + G (⌘⇧G). Then type in “/var”. In there you will see folders such as “root” and “db”. See if you can find your username or name. If not, search your username or name using the app “Find any File” https://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php

Double post. ASC is cracking up right now.

If it still doesn’t work do the following below in terminal:

“cd” then enter

“pwd” then enter

this should change the directory to your home directory and pwd should show the directory you are in