Bobby T

Q: How to Hide a User?

I'm trying to create an admin user without having the account showing on the login screen.

 

I came across this article:

How to hide a user account in OS X - Apple Support

 

Which says to enter the following into the Terminal (when using Yosemite):

 

sudo dscl . create /Users/hiddenuser IsHidden 1

 

The problem is after doing this and rebooting the user account is still visible.

 

I'm using OS X v10.10.2, and yes I did replace the hiddenuser reference with the user's home directory name I'm trying to hide (the command completed with no errors shown)...

 

Anybody know how to do this, and why the article shown doesn't appear to work???

Posted on Mar 19, 2015 11:40 PM

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