Hi,
Wonderful podcast. Thanks.
I have several user accounts on my Snow Leopoard iMac. I login to them all from time to time, some more than others.
One of the ones I use rarely has stopped working.
Faced with the multiple user login box, if I choose the bad one, the machine goes blue as if it’s logging in, but a few seconds later it’s back to the login box, with no error message anywhere.
— Glenn Downing
Sounds like maybe the home directory for that account is gone, or corrupt, or missing some files. If the account isn't important, I would just delete it.. Otherwise, use an admin account and see if you can re-assign a password or change other properties of the account.
Yep, it's hosed somehow. I can SSH to it with no problem, so it's a subtle corruption. Changing password and the admin property didn't work either. I guess deleting it is my only option. Very fortunately it has no data to have to backup.