http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/ Engadget Comments for Snow Leopard 'Guest Account' bug deleting user files, terrorizing children? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
I'm not saying this in a fanboish manerism, but I'm deeply amused that after years of claiming it "just works" and that Macs are problem free Apple is now having lots of problems now that they're more popular. ]]>Oct 12th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
I'm a PC - whoa wait... you did what?]]>Oct 12th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
WTF man. I've had zero problems with SL so far, but this is a pretty effing big problem.

Unfortunately details are scarce -- I can't even understand why this would theoretically happen. Maybe if the guest account does not exist, it tries to forcibly create the directory, but some variable somewhere still has the current users userID stored, and that gets used to forcibly create the dir over the existing one?

It doesn't seem clear from the article, but it appears that Time Machine data should still be safe. That said, I skipped Leopard so SL is my first experience with Time Machine -- I dig it, but I'm also slightly nervous about trusting my OS to perform the backup for me. Any user data deletion bug could just as easily affect your automated backups too. My system's full of drives, but perhaps I'll grab the biggest one I have laying around and use it for occasional manual rsync backups of my user data.]]>Oct 12th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80IKfayPMz4]]>Oct 12th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
How to restore Lost home folder after logging in as guest in Snow Leopard
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10356505-263.html]]>Oct 12th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
holy crap...that actually works for once!!! thank you yakov smirnoff]]>Oct 12th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
Well yeah, because for all the many, many, many flaws of Windows and Windows fans...there is no assumption that Windows is a perfect product, bringing metaphorical heavenly gifts to the true believers. It's human nature to delight when arrogance is brought low. Don't tell me you didn't giggle a bit in your fanboy heart when that BSOD happened on a live demo of Windows with Gates in attendance.

But here's the icing on the cake: The article wouldn't exist anyway because the guest account on windows 7, Vista, or XP doesn't delete your data. ]]>Oct 12th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
1) su in terminal
2) mv username username.old
3) create account username
4) mv username username.new
5) mv usermane.old username
6) chown -R username username]]>Oct 12th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/btw i cant wait to see the apple fanboys saying how good it is.
"i like loosing my files. better than windows. blah blah blah blah"]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
I had more, but I lost the second part in the mass deletion.]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
Lock out and user deletion are two COMPLETELY different things. Not even on the same level.]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqN76gYKHMs]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
Maybe but you still can't access your data anymore so you might as well delete it.]]>Oct 12th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
Apple screwed up. Period. It'll only be a matter of time before that "rock solid" OS X will be infested with "the bad stuff".]]>Oct 12th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
What I was trying to say is that it's as good as deleting it, Plus I don't remember saying Apple did not screw up. By the way I am not a fanboy like you claim I'm just trying to counter the relentless Apple hate on this site by chumps like you.]]>Oct 13th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/In other words, to mac fanboys, sort of like finding out your supermodel girlfriend did it with 2 guys in high school aka chasing amy style.

The love is still there (hence the casual attitude), but deep down it's a complete let down (anger).]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
"Apple has yet to address the issue (at least publicly), but we'd probably recommend disabling Guest accounts on your rig(s) until all of this gets sorted"

I'm not usually one to believe this shit has Apple bias, but holy shit]]>Oct 12th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
We just told you an OS could eat all of your data. And you think "probably recommend" actually means "probably?"

Here's a clarification: please, for the love of all that's good, disable your Guest account unless you couldn't care less about possibly losing all of your data.

Better?]]>Oct 12th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/Oct 12th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/
But no, Macs are superior in every way.]]>Oct 13th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/snow-leopard-guest-account-bug-deleting-user-files-terrorizin/i'm no apple fanboy by any means, just trying to blow this off. i might actually classify myself as a Microsoft fan. but i don't really have a problem with this article/post (do we have a consensus on what we call what the editors wright?).]]>Oct 12th 2009 1:57PM