This script will remove the current user (the user who runs the script), thier home directory, and the ".AppleSetupDone" file (not necessarily in that order). This is useful for getting comptuers that were setup back to a restored condition (booting to the setup assistant). The script requires that an administrator account be used.
The "remove_user" script has tested successful on Mac O.S. X versions 10.3.5 and later. Earlier versions of Mac O.S. X behave differently with this script's execution. Particularly, on Mac O.S. 10.2.x, the script will not restart the computer automatically after execution, and the user must choose "Restart" from the "Apple" menu after the script reports failure on restarting. This happens after removing the current user's account record and trying to execute the final restart command. So far, later versions of 10.3 behave correctly.
Regardless, there are no warranties implied or otherwise as to this software's use, misuse, abuse, or and damage resulting from, or due to the use of this software. The developers hold no responsibility for any loss of data. The user (you) of this script should be well aware that they are using this software AT THIER (YOUR) OWN RISK.
This software will create a symbolic link from the invisible "Desktop Folder" on a computer's hard drive to the user's Desktop in Mac OS X. The desktop link will be named "Desktop (Mac OS 9)".
This script will attempt to change a user's short name in Mac OS X
For some reason, it is currently impossible to change the short name of a user in Mac OS X using any kind of GUI or any straight-forward command-line utility. This script attempts to make possible the process of changing the user's short name, as well as all user attributes with the same name, any groups with this short name set as their name, and any groups that the user belongs to.
