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Login screen shows User called Other after High Sierra upgrade

During the process of the High Sierra upgrade on MacBook Air and updating iCloud, I was instructed to enter a new User password as it said a User and iCloud could no longer have the same password. After shutting down and logging back in, the login screen now shows three Users: me, with my name; Guest; and Other. I could login under me with my original password but cannot log into Other as I don't know the User Name for Other's account. Also, this "Other" User is not listed in Users and Groups in System Preferences So I can't remove it or find any info on this User. It seems to have something to do with when the iCloud process made me create a new password but that's just an assumption based on timing. Any solutions or explanations?

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Oct 6, 2017 12:02 PM

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Barney-15E

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Posted on Oct 6, 2017 6:02 PM

Other isn't an account. It allows you to log in using username and password as opposed to picking a user from the list.

It is most often encountered when you enable the root user as it would then allow you to log in as root.

Here are the instructions for enabling the root user, but you only need to use them to check to see if it is enabled. You should disable it if it is.

How to enable the root user on your Mac - Apple Support

Another reason for it appearing is hidden users. There are various methods of creating a hidden user, but I'm not sure that is the issue. There have been other posts about seeing Other without having enabled the root user. I'm not sure if anyone has found a solution.

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Nov 29, 2017 8:46 AM in response to Barney-15E

Even though I disabled the root account, others still showed in the login screen. This instruction removed it.

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