Historically, it was possible to hide users from the login screen. In pre-10.5 times, one simply changed a userid to < 500 and:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool YES
Since ~10.5, the sequence is:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUserList -array-add
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool false
However, I am unable to get my admin account to hide from the window in 10.7 using FileVault 2. Has anyone else had a similar experience and does anyone know how to make this work properly?
# defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add hUser
when I was on Snow Leopard, then upgraded to Lion and thehUser
account is still being hidden (caveat: I haveSHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool true
i.e. I still have "Other…" in the login screen). Where Lion fails, exactly? Is it theSHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED
or FileVault 2—or something else?