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Asked: 2012-06-14 02:15:12 +0800 CST

Hiding OSX Usernames on Login Screen

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I'd like to know how to hide a user from the OSX login screen. I'd like to have a hidden administrator account for using ARD, rather than the user's main account.

Any hints, tips and ideas?

remote-desktop mac-osx

2 Answers

  1. I can hide users in question by doing the following:

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add 'newadmin'
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  2. You could enable root, which would give you admin rights and not create an account at the login screen.

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