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Creating 'secret' user accounts in 10.2
Authored by: klktrk on Sep 16, '03 11:35:12AM

Just to add to that...

Instead of deleting the user name, you can change the user id of your secret user to something under 500, say 401, if you'd like. Under Jaguar this should keep the username from showing up in the login screen. I create, as a matter of course, a hidden admin account on every install of Mac OS X I do. I also use NetInfo to change the location of the admin user to a hidden folder (usually /private/var/.admin/ -- here I'm following the model that the root user has an unofficial home folder at /private/var/root).



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Moving the user folder
Authored by: hamarkus on Sep 16, '03 01:15:29PM

Good idea to move the user folder as well. But isn't the user still visible from Netinfo? I mean, if somebody is smart enough to discover the hidden user via the terminal, she or he might also look into Netinfo.



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Disallow Netinfo
Authored by: abriening on Oct 14, '03 06:50:26PM
You can disallow Netinfo, or any other application, in System Preferences -> Accounts -> Users -> Capabilities. Just check Use only these applications and then check/uncheck the applications allowed/disallowed for that user.

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