I have an “other” login on my computer that I can’t seem to get rid of. I try to delete it by clicking on the minus in the groups and users section and it won’t let me. It’s greyd out. What’s  odd is the login for it is the same as my husband’s login. I’m the administrator but typing in his name and password for his own login works for it. It’s like a duplicate of his profile on my computer. The wallpaper is even the same. But the login screen has it listed as other. I also have been trying to get rid of this stupid websearchstride pop up problem. Idk if it’s all related or not. The system has been updated. I tried to get Bitdefender to scan my computer. Said it got rid of stuff but I’m steal dealing with issues. TIA.
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I've just upgraded to El Capitan from Mountain Lion, and now an Other... icon appears right next to my usual user-account (admin account) on the login screen. When I click on it, I can log in, as another user, but I only have one.  My first thought was, that it could be the root user, which could have been enabled (I don't know how though). But from the Edit menu, in the Directory Utility, it only says "Enable root user", which should indicate that the root user is disabled. I then tried to enable it, and disable it again, but the Other... still appears on the login screen.  I've even tried to disable it from Terminal using this command, with no luck:  dsenableroot -d   After some search on Google, I found a thread with people having the same problem. A lot of them solved the problem by following this guide:   Enable the root user from Directory Utility and then log out. Log in as the root user account and change the password. Still on the root user account, disable and then enable root user from Directory Utility. Log out from the root user account, and log back it to the usual account. Now disable the root user once again.   I have done all this, but it still doesn't work, and I am almost going mad about it.  Anyone have any idea why this is happening, and how to fix it?
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My daughter's account has been taken over by an other person. It is the second time in four days, What to do?   She already asked twice for a new log in way, she logged in successfully, but the next day the account was again taken over.
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I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. However, there isn't much that a search reveals on the matter. It maybe widely known to Linux experts, but I really don't know why. I remember always running as root when I first tried Linux years ago (Redhat and Mandrake) and don't remember running into any problems because of that. There are actually some distros that have a bright red background with alert signs all over it as wallpaper for the root user (Suse?). I still use the "Administrator" account for regular use on my Windows installation and haven't ever run into any problems either.
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Ubuntu disables root login for "security reasons". However it seems to me that it doesn't help with security at all.  If an intruder manages to get your login password for Ubuntu, then he also has the super-user password, since it's the same as the login password.  However if the root password is required, then just having the login won't help the intruder much - that's right isn't it?  So basically, what I want to know is: Why did Ubuntu choose to disable the root password? What are the security reasons?  Please don't answer according to what you "think" was the reason - I'm looking for an answer from official sources, or linked to them.
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Well I know the question is weird, but i have a user "Bob" and I want only bob's account to be stuck in infinite login loop. Please note I don't want to get out of a login loop..I want this particular user to be stuck in infinite login loop.   How do I do this?
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I just tried to login to the Data Explorer and it gave me a jon.doe user.  I used the same openid...  How can I link this to my other accounts?
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Apparently, for some reason, . I got this notice while logging in with Disqus, but not with Stack Exchange.  So... is Stack Exchange going to be affected by this? Do I need, or want, to add extra login methods to my Stack Exchange account to ensure I can still log in come April?
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I have three accounts among the multiple accounts I have for Google's products. One of them belongs to a friend who accidentally made his account one of mine when he was using my PC.  How do I remove his account from my Google multiple accounts? Logging out from his account doesn't work. His account still displays under the user dropdown even though I can't log in to it.
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One of my friends just got hacked on her PC and her Yahoo account password was stolen. Now the hacker use her account under her name for bad reason. He may have change alternative email, security question, etc.  What can we do about that? We need her account back. Is it possible?   ps. I tried to google search for Yahoo contact information but I'm not sure where to knock Yahoo door.
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I have some shares that are mounted during login. I used Users &amp; Groups' "Login Items" panel to do this. When I login, all of the shares pop up in their own Finder windows.  How can I keep the Finder windows from popping up at login? I've already tried checking the Hide checkbox.
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Is there any way to remove individual SE accounts for particular SE sites?  So in other words, say I want to keep my current Stack Overflow account just like it is.  But say I want to delete my account on Server Fault so that it no longer exists and doesn't show up in my SE/SO profile.  Is there any way to do that?  Recap: Keep current login (and certain Stack Exchange sites) but remove particular SE sites' membership for my particular login.  Does that make sense?  Current Accounts Me - StackOverflow Me - SuperUser Me - ServerFault  Desired End Result Accounts Me - StackOverflow Me - SuperUser  Where the desired end result accounts will be the same user (Me) with the persistent questions/answers/reputation/etc.
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What is the Ubuntu equivalent of this interface?    I am looking for a user-friendly method that the owner of a computer can use to log off other users without having to restart.  The case I'm concerned about is of the beginner-level user who needs administrative control over the computer because they are the owner, but probably isn't concerned with most of the tasks we would usually associate with system administration.
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This comes up every time I login, how do I remove this or fix it.  Thanks.
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I was trying to log into my gmail account when it said "looks like your signing in from an unusual location" then asked me to do step 2 verification. The strange thing about it is that the phone number and security question they asked are not any that I have set up and I am also using the same computer and internet I use every day. Please help me understand this, anyone!
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My boss has insisted for a while that our login process be divided into two steps on separate pages: on the first page, ask the user's e-mail address. On the second page, either display "user found" and ask for password, or "user not found" and ask for e-mail again.  He insists it is much easier for our users who often forget their credentials or if they even have an account yet. I've long been against this approach because it forces every user to go through two steps every time they login. (I also wonder if it's a security concern, knowing that it will confirm when an email exists in our system.) I would prefer to have a more standard login page with e-mail (all of our usernames are e-mails) and password, and one very clear link for "forgot password?".  Neither of us have any hard data to support our theories, and we have more important things to do than A/B test something that he doesn't think is even a problem. I was just wondering if anyone here could provide some arguments or hard data for or against either approach. I enjoy considering UX design, but I am not an expert.
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My main account got messed up, as I tried to fix it things went downhills.   keyboard mess - tried unity --restore and deleting .gconf2*, fail deleted .* in ~, total havoc. Chromium and Firefox crashes etc.   Now, another user account is fully functioning, but I really want my regular username back.  Is there any way to completely wipe the settings for the messed up account or copy the profile from the functioning user?
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So, the people on SuperUser are really awesome and I'm glad you guys are keeping that place full of information.   However, I visited SuperUser today after my little plugin told me that I had visited SuperUser for 30 consecutive days. The thing is, I almost never visit SuperUser. So obviously I was surprised to learn that I got a badge for visiting a site I never go to.  I'm guessing this is not a program issue. So, my theory is that it has to do with this plugin I have on Google Chrome. Everyday, multiple times a day, it goes to my recent activity page on all 4 sites and finds out my rep.   Would this be how I got my badge?