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Create a New User - Does not appear in Users & Groups

I've had a problem pop up twice now on two different 10.14.6 Macs... I created a new Standard user in Users and Groups and the account doesn't show up. But if I try to create the account again, I get a message that it already exists.

If I look in dscl . /Users, the account is there, but doesn't appear on the login screen and won't let me login if I switch to a user/password login. Re-imaging the Mac (with the same base image) fixes the problem.

Any thoughts on this are appreciated, thanks!

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 12:35 PM

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BDAqua

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Posted on Nov 6, 2020 2:16 PM

This is one of the symptoms of the 2020-005 update.

Did this happen after the 2020-005 SecUpd for Mojave?

Try reinstalling this in Safe Mode, but not using Firefox...

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?mt=12

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup).

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