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Mac OS X 10.5: Working with user accounts and Accounts preferences
You can use Accounts preferences to configure or delete user accounts in Mac OS X. Each account can have its own log in, password, preferences, desktop items, and so forth. You can also easily switch between accounts or move files from one account to another. You can automatically log in as a certain account when Mac OS X starts, or display the login window instead. You can specify applications or files to open automatically when the account logs in.Learn more about: Different kinds of user accounts Resetting an account password Creating or modifying accounts Deleting accounts Switching between accounts Enabling or disabling automatic login Configuring items that open when an account logs in (login items) FileVault Troubleshooting certain situations with a new user account Transferring files from one account to another on the same Mac

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gnome-cleanup

gnome-cleanup(1)						   User Commands						  gnome-cleanup(1)

NAME

       gnome-cleanup - cleans GNOME user preferences

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-cleanup

DESCRIPTION

       gnome-cleanup  erases  all  GNOME  user preferences, returning the user to the default look and feel. This can be used to undo an undesired
       preference setting, or to correct the desktop if the preferences become corrupt.  The GNOME preference files  are  automatically  recreated
       the next time the user logs into a GNOME session.

       gnome-cleanup  displays	all preference files that it will delete before erasing any files, and prompts the user to confirm that they would
       like to erase these files. Files are deleted only after receiving a positive confirmation from the user.

       gnome-cleanup cannot be run while logged into a GNOME session.  Users should run this program when logged into another session,	for  exam-
       ple, the Failsafe session. If the user tries to run this program while logged into GNOME, an error message is displayed.

OPTIONS

       None.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Deleting all GNOME user preferences

       example% gnome-cleanup

       After displaying a list of preference files that will be deleted, the following question is displayed:

       Do you wish to remove these files (Y/N)

       The files are deleted only if the user provides a positive response.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-cleanup  Executable for GNOME cleanup.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-panel		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       remove-gnome(1)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    11 Jan 2003 						  gnome-cleanup(1)