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10.4: Hide users from the login window via prefs
Authored by: afb on Aug 31, '05 11:54:12PM

Thanks, this is a great hint, but now how do I get rid of the "Other..." icon in the login window?



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10.4: Hide users from the login window via prefs
Authored by: efs on Oct 06, '05 06:35:49PM

You're right -- I would like to clean up the login screen by removing the "other..." prompt. Apparently, it comes on automatically as soon as an account is hidden, but I prefer to use option-return to get the prompt boxes rather than having "other.." at the bottom of the list.

Does anyone know how to remove this?



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10.4: Hide users from the login window via prefs
Authored by: jyeary on Jan 07, '06 11:47:58AM
To prevent the Other... login from appearing use: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \ SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool false

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10.4: Hide users from the login window via prefs
Authored by: Subterraneus on Jan 20, '06 01:17:51PM

I have the same problem, with the "other" user but when I use [CODE] sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool false [/CODE] nothing changes, the "other" user is still sitting there.



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10.4: Hide users from the login window via prefs
Authored by: Brandon White on Jul 27, '06 12:26:27PM

These two lines get rid of the "Other..." icon in the login window and the fast-user-switching menu:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add cadmin

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool false



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10.4: Hide users from the login window via prefs
Authored by: Brandon White on Jul 27, '06 01:06:48PM

Above, cadmin was the name of the user I intended to hide.



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