Apple 10.5 Leapard manual To change the appearance of the Login Window

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List setting	Mac OS X version	Effect
Show mobile accounts	10.5	Lists mobile accounts with a local home folder
		and external accounts
Show network users	10.4 and 10.5	Lists network accounts and mobile accounts
		without a local home folder
Show computer administrators	10.4 and 10.5	Lists local system administrators
Show “Other...”	10.4 and 10.5	Displays name and password text fields,
		allowing the user to authenticate with a local
		or network-based account

The directory administrator account is considered a network account, and is therefore hidden when you don’t show network users. Another way to hide this account would be to set the directory administrator account’s user ID to below 100. For more information, see “Modifying User IDs” on page 67.

You can customize the login window to suit your needs.

For example, to test a computer’s ability to access the directory domain you could change the heading to Directory status and display a list of network users.

Or, to prevent unauthorized access, you could create a warning message, display the name and password fields (forcing intruders to know a user’s name and password), and disable showing the Restart and Shut Down buttons (to help prevent intruders from bypassing the login window).

To change the appearance of the Login Window:

1In Workgroup Manager, click Preferences.

2Make sure the correct directory is selected and you are authenticated.

To switch directories, click the globe icon. If you are not authenticated, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain administrator.

3Select one or more computers or computer groups.

4Click Login and then click Window.

5Set the management setting to Always.

6To change the default heading, choose a heading from the Heading pop-up menu. Users can view other headings by clicking the heading in the login window.

7To display a message below the login window’s heading, enter a message in Message.

8To require the user to enter his or her user name and password, select “Name and password text fields.”

9To allow a user to select his or her name from a list, select “List of users able to use these computers.”

10Select categories of users you want to display in the list.

Chapter 10 Managing Preferences