Replace the 'Other' user icon in the login window

Jul 22, '04 10:06:00AM

Contributed by: jjkeller

How to change that boring 'Other Users' icon in your login-window to something funnier. The trick is done with the following shell command:

% cp UsersPref.tiff.new /System/Library/CoreServices/\
SecurityAgentPlugins/loginwindow.bundle/Contents/Resources/UsersPref.tiff
This assumes you have a tiff-file of 48x48 pixels called UsersPref.tiff.new in the working directory, of course.

I've written an install- as well as an uninstall-script and included the necessary tiff-files. The package can be downloaded here if you want to. I would say it makes your login-window look "Spiffy."

[robg adds: I checked the scripts and image in the download file; they're all quite safe, and if you read a certain Mac magazine, you'll get the reference to Spiffy.]

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