Part 2 User Accounts: Lesson 7

Question 0

When deleting a local user account, what three options does the User’s & Groups preference provide for dealing with the user’s home folder content.

Answer 0

When deleting a local user account, you can archive the home folder content into a compressed disk image, leave the home folder content in the /User’s folder, or delete the home folder content. Optionally, you can perform a secure erase on the home folder content.

Question 1

What default folders make up a user’s home folder? What are some optional folders in a user’s home folder?

Answer 1

The default folders in a user’s home folder are Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Library (hidden), Movies, Music, Pictures and Public. Optional home folder items include Applications and Sites folders.

Question 2

How do you associate a new local user account with a manually migrated or restored user’s home folder?

Answer 2

Before the local user account is created on the system, you must first copy to restored user’s home folder to the /Users folder. Then once you create the new user and the User’s & Groups preference pane with the same account name, the system prompts you to associate the new account with the restored home folder.