Locations outside /Users where macOS writes user files?
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After a clean install of Sequoia (15.2) I am adding my user accounts. Due to other systems on my home network (and wanting to use NFS) I want to use specific UID's for the new accounts. This is a supported option on OSX - just create the account, then choose advanced and it is possible to set the UID's that I want to use.
The problem is that the action of creating the account creates the home directory (
/Users/xyz
) using the initial UID (501, 502, 503, ...). I realize that I could just chown
the files however due to SIP, I don't trust that that will work correctly. Instead my procedure is that:
* After creating the accounts.
* I reboot into recovery mode (to prevent SIP getting in the way).
* Open a terminal
* Execute rm -rf /Users/user1 /Users/user2 ....
* Reboot
* Log in as each user to recreate the home directories with the correct file ownerships.
I realize that that is a convoluted process, however it seems to work / works for me.
My question is: Are there any other locations where OSX writes user specific files outsize of /Users
during user account creation?
I ask because, I know other unix systems sometimes write files for things like crontabs, mail queues, lock files, etc and I want to check to make sure I have the correct ownership on all such files.
Asked by DavidT
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Dec 21, 2024, 05:28 AM
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