Mojave logging me out right after login

After updating to Mojave on my 2016 i7 iMac I can’t stayed logged in. After logging into any account, within 60 seconds, I am logged out. This happens in regular and safe boot. Tried network reinstall with no luck. Anyone have any ideas? Stuck being unable to log in.

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13), 27 inch 32GB 3TB Fusion 4GHZ i5

Posted on Sep 26, 2018 7:47 PM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2018 5:13 AM

Found the solution on Reddit. See https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/9il78d/permanent_logout_after_upgrade_to _mojave/.

Basically the problem plugin will be listed in the root level /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ directory on the drive in question and you will see files that start with "loginwindow_2018.." Go to the latest one, open it up and look for the plugin that is causing the crash. It will show the directory path to that plugin where you can remove it. Did this and the computer is back running just fine. Seems like a number of 3rd party audio plugins are causing this issue. The URL has complete instructions about how to get to this directory either through being attached via Disk Target mode, or from the terminal in Recovery mode. You can also reach it in Single User mode.

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