How to permanently/manually delete User Account on MAC OS X 10.6.8

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How to permanently/manually delete User Account on MAC OS X 10.6.8

Hi There,

Can you please assist with providing instructions on how to manually delete USER accounts on MAC OS X 10.6.8. Everyone but one user (who's account was deleted) can not log into the damain device. As a test I tried to add a new user accout with the same name as before and even though nothing existing in the USERS folder; it states that a duplicate name exists.

How do I delete that duplicate? Where could that be located?

Please let me know,
Sonia

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 3, 2014 12:37 PM

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Answer 1

SoniaCP Author

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Feb 3, 2014 12:41 PM in response to SoniaCP

CORRECTION and Additional Clarification

- Everyone can log into the device though Active Directory (exisiting users and new)

- Affected User Account can not connect to this device; but has no issues on any other device

- Tried creating Affected User a local account with the same name but got "duplicate name" alert

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Answer 2

SoniaCP Author

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Feb 4, 2014 5:29 AM in response to SoniaCP

Solution!

Command to locate the hidden User Profile:

dscl . list /users

Command to delete the now found hidden User Profile:

sudo dscl . delete /users/<userID>

Thanks,

SoniaCP

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