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10.4: Logging in as a hidden user
Authored by: pservice on Aug 31, '05 05:51:45PM

To login as a hidden user with Fast User Switching, choose the "Login Window ..." option near the bottom of the FUS menu. That gives you a window in which you can type the user name and password of the hidden user. I assume that the same applies to the login window that appears at start up.

Related point: Under Tiger, assigning a UID less than 500 will hide a user in the Accounts preference pane, even though the user still appears in the login window list and the FUS menu. I haven't checked to see if this hint (i.e., adding a HiddenUserList to the loginwindow.plist) will also hide the user in the Accounts pref pane.



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