iTerm requires a password to launch

[ivoryz]

Hi, I am in great need for suggestions.

I got a new MacBook 13' yesterday. And in the first-time configuration, I set up an account with a short name which I would like to change minutes later. So following the thread at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428, I set up a new account and switched my home directory.

When I logged in using the new account, everything looked fine except iTerm.app and Terminal.app. Both asked me for a password to launch. I gave them my admin password and they refused to take it! So I went to the keychain application, repaired my password in the First Aid. After that, Terminal could launch normally, but iTerm kept on asking for the mysterious password.

I re-installed iTerm.app several times and restarted my MacBook several times. No use! One online thread suggested a substitution in the login shell, which I found is not human-readable (well, maybe partly readable).

Any idea?

 

[sfinnie]

Need to update the Default Bookmark

Just had this too, posting answer in case you're still suffering. You need to update the Default Bookmark:

1. Start iTerm
2. Click Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks
3. Change the 'Default' entry to match your new login:
   • Highlight the 'Default' entry in the table
   • Click the yellow pencil button at the bottom of the window to edit
   • Enter new username & working directory, e.g.
   • Command: login -fp ivoryz
   • Working Dir: /Users/ivoryz
   • Click OK
4. Close Bookmarks window, quit & restart iterm

Should work after that.

- Scoot.