Is there a way to expand the text area of the login/lock screen for the warning message?

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RReed2008 Author

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Is there a way to expand the text area of the login/lock screen for the warning message?

I put our company's standard warning message in the Security & Privacy system preference ("Show a message when the screen is locked.") and it overflowed the allotted text area for the warning message text on the login screen and lock screens. It seems that the area allows about 250 character messages and I need to provide about 500 characters. Is there any way to expand the text area allotted for this purpose?

Bob Reed

Mac OS X 10.7-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 23, 2012 11:17 AM

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baltwo

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Oct 23, 2012 12:41 PM in response to RReed2008

Use both a login banner and a policy text. Use the KISS principal to trim your message. You do know that nobody will read it. Quit pacifying the lawyers! 😉

See http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4290 http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4290 for details.

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RReed2008 Author

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Oct 24, 2012 10:41 AM in response to baltwo

I am with you 100%, but the lawyers pay my salary, so...

I have created a PolicyBanner.txt file - and it works, but it looks cheesy as ****. I was hoping to find a way to expand the "Lock Message" text area to fit all of the text on the login screen itself. Seems like that ought to be simple, but so far, I haven't found anything.

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baltwo

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Oct 24, 2012 11:08 AM in response to RReed2008

Cheesy looking should appeal to the legal beagles! Can't help further, since I don't do this kind of stuff, but did know Apple had a KB article on it. Good luck.

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RReed2008 Author

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Nov 2, 2012 9:51 AM in response to baltwo

To be a little more specific about the challenge I'm facing, I want to increase the allotted text space for the field I've outlined in the attached image. Seems like there ought to be a NIB file that could be edited to accomplish this task:

I would appreciate any advice on which file should be edited to expand the text field.

Bob Reed

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