• Create a new userid under System Preferences/Accounts +
• change icon picture if users requests
• Pay very close attention to the users short name as it must correspond with uwdir userid.
• open terminal window
• login into the admin account if you are not already there.
• Enter the su command use if su is not active use sudo

     cp -R /Users/name1/*  /Users/name2/
     cd /Users/name2 
     chown -R name2:name2 .
     ls -ls this directory and make sure the new owner is the owner of all of the files

• Have the new user name2 log into their new account
• check the operation of the system
  • it is probably best to delete the keychain, because the passwords will not match
  • one known failure of this method is Dreamweaver - remove ~/Library/Application Support/Macromedia, then do a customized setup for the new person
• open System Preferences/ Sharing
• Change the name of the computer to the new person name
• open System Preferences Account Select the old account - save the archive

-- ArthurHills - 25 Apr 2005

-- Main.iturner - 02 Oct 2009