I have a Login issue

[flashwood59]

I am sheepishly asking for help with what may be a very simple solution.
I cannot remember my login name and my mac boots up with that field blank.
How can I retrieve my login name? I know the password but the login name escapes me.

Feeling unsmart

 

[oculus42]

Another Mac

Start up in Target Disk Mode (hold T) from another Mac and look at the name in the User folder.

If you have a disk utility live cd/dvd, you might be able to view the folders that way. You don't even need to get to files, just browsing the directories to see the user name.

 

[flashwood59]

firewire, another Mac and I am in

Thank you very much