I change my admin user name from User and Group setting. But I forgot to change home directory name and reboot it. Now I can't use admin account. My account was changed to "Standard" roll. How can I change it back to admin ?
If it was merely that the home directory folder name did not match the new user name then a quicker solution would be to boot in 'single user mode' or to the recover partition.
In single user mode you are put straight in a text terminal style interface and via that you could access and rename the home directory. In the recovery partition you can launch Terminal and again rename the home directory.
dialabrain wrote:
Does that work with no Admin account as mentioned above?
'Maybe'. :)
Certainly both approaches give you terminal access with full admin level control. Whether after renaming the home directory that alone restores admin access I do not know as I don't deliberately cause this sort of problem and therefore have not seen this problem in real life.
Thank you so much for your reply. It's work. Now I get back admin again.
You need to create a new admin account first and then make the changes.
https://www.lifewire.com/create-new-admin-account-for-login-issues-2259976
Welcome.
Does that work with no Admin account as mentioned above?
John Lockwood wrote:
dialabrain wrote:
Does that work with no Admin account as mentioned above?
'Maybe'. :)
That's what I thought.
Now I forgot to change home directory name and can't use admin account. How can I change it back ?
