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Creating 'secret' user accounts in 10.2
Authored by: a-bort on Sep 19, '04 11:01:12PM
So in the end, with help of the http://www.bombich.com website and gatorparrots tip i came to the following construction (actually on Tiger..)

--> user folder to other place (Terminal):
sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Users/SecretUser /private/var/.SecretUser
sudo niutil -createprop / /users/secretuser home /private/var/.SecretUser

--> gif SecretUser uid 499, so it will be invisible to the finder (Terminal):
sudo niutil -createprop . /users/secretuser uid 499
sudo chown -R 499 /private/var/.SecretUser

--> Testing transport of user:
log in by going to the login window
- arrow down
- hit "option-return" en log in

--> if it all works remove the old SecretUser folder (Terminal):
sudo rm -rf /Users/SecretUser

This all works great for me!
Good luck!



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