Access other users from the login panel
Sep 14, '02 11:37:21AM
Contributed by: mithras
Ordinarily, to log in as console, root, or a network user, an admin must have enabled the "Other..." button on the "List of Users" login panel (covered here in a previous hint).
However, even if the "Other..." button is disabled, you can still access the "Name/Password" login panel:
- Press the down arrow to select one user in the list.
- Hold the option key, and press return.
The login panel magically transforms from the "List of Users" to the "Name/Password" dialog. From here you can enter "root" if you've enabled root, or ">console" to enter a text-only environment, or the name of a network user. Unfortunately, if you have chosen the "Name/Password" panel, there doesn't appear to be a way to force a switch to the "List of Users" panel.
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