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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Username Funny Stuff Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 19:06:59 -0400 Organization: B Company, 24th Regiment of Foot Lines: 38 Message-ID: <v3g9il$30neu$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:07:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="99faea6dc9ac8d1208fa296e1cf525be"; logging-data="3169758"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18OxBvWZun/G9hjNl/GYVnQ" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ssnaVrGpukhGQ9v+Mcnc19xtBhU= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2523 I just got a new Mac. My old File Vaulted Mac booted into the Lock Screen which showed my FirstName LastName filled in as the (only) user and under that, a box to enter my password. After successfully setting up my new Mac, I tuned off. Later on power-up, it booted into the Lock Screen which showed two empty boxes-— the first requesting my username and the second my password. I entered FirstName LastName for the username and then the correct password. No go. I got the shaking password error and couldn’t login. Retried several times, checking for caps lock key, tried a different keyboard, etc. No joy. So I went into the Change Password sequence, logging in easily with my Apple ID and successfully changed the Mac password. On boot, still no joy- couldn’t login. Eventually I called tech support and an Apple Babe walked me through changing the password again even though I told her I had already tried that. She insisted I do it again and while doing so, I noticed that my actual username was in fact firstnamelastname— no caps, no space. I told her that and we abandoned the change password operation and rebooted entering firstnamelastname as the username. All worked fine. Login! The root cause of the problem was when I set up Lock Screen in System Settings-- selecting for "Login Window Shows": "Name and Password" instead of "List of Users"-- the latter which pre-enters firstnamelastname even though it shows FirstName LastName. Live and learn.... -- There’s no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse. - Astronaut Chris Hadfield