Can't Login After Changing Username

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Can't Login After Changing Username

Hi, how are you? I have a macbook air 2013 (already upgraded to el capitan) and I changed the user name and also file destination but NOT the password...when my book restarted it now has 2 boxes one which is the password and now the new box is asking for my name but any all combinations of my name do work 😕

Any help will be v much appreciated

Cheers

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 28, 2015 10:48 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 28, 2015 3:14 PM in response to lisareneestardoll

Start your MBAIR in recovery mode. and from the status bar go terminal.

Type: resetpassword

it will open you a second window. from the top select your harddisk and you will be able to see users in the hardisk if you misstype it you can correct it.

as a further step; select Root user put a password foe it and restart. log in with Root user and repair everything in the other user from system preferences > users and groups

When you finish the tasks that require logging in as the root user, always log out, log in as an administrator, then disable the root user.

Open Users & Groups preferences, click Login Options, then click the lock icon to unlock it. If necessary, type your password, then click Unlock.
In the Network Account Server section, click Join or Edit.
Click Open Directory Utility.
Click the lock icon to unlock it, then enter your administrator name and password.
Do one of the following:
- Choose Edit > Enable Root User, then enter a root user password in the Password and Verify fields.
- Choose Edit > Disable Root User.

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