With HFS+ file systems, it can be possible to mount without permissions enabled. So if you were not using the new Apple FS then it might have been possible to mount the High Sierra image while running Sierra and then do the cleanup.
Was there a reason you were renaming the User Home directory? On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 7:22 AM E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > Can't do that if you cannot unlock it. Right, a fresh install was > the only option. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 8/3/2017 1:49 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Go back in and name your user folder back to what it was. > > > > You'll really have to do this through or from a USB installer, > > Or if you could setup a new user but I take it that is not possible. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto: > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. > > Sent: Thursday, 3 August 2017 7:16 AM > > To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: Unlocking Users & Groups > > > > High Sierra beta. Not sure what went wrong. I changed the name of > the user folder. After restarting, I found my user account is no longer an > administrative account. I cannot unlock Users & Groups so I cannot change > my account status. I can change my login password and log in but cannot > unlock. What do I need to do? > > > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark > at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark > at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
