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I am at a community college setting up new macs for a lab. When someone doesn't log out and let the computer lock up, there is no option to switch users. The computer has to be turned off for someone else to log in. The older macs we replaced showed this option. I just want to know how to get it on the lock screen.
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Hello there
I had the "no Switch User icon at the lock screen" problem too after upgrading to Yosemite on the Macs joined to our Active Directory domain. All the users ever logged in on the Macs are domain users which don't appear in Users & Groups. I presume the Yosemite Mac thinks there is only one user configured and therefore has no need to show the Switch User icon when the screen is locked.
I fixed my problem by adding a local, non-domain user to the Mac called DummyUser so that there is more than one account showing in Users & Groups. Now when I try to leave the screen saver I have the Switch User icon once more.
Worth a try?
Hello there
I had the "no Switch User icon at the lock screen" problem too after upgrading to Yosemite on the Macs joined to our Active Directory domain. All the users ever logged in on the Macs are domain users which don't appear in Users & Groups. I presume the Yosemite Mac thinks there is only one user configured and therefore has no need to show the Switch User icon when the screen is locked.
I fixed my problem by adding a local, non-domain user to the Mac called DummyUser so that there is more than one account showing in Users & Groups. Now when I try to leave the screen saver I have the Switch User icon once more.
Worth a try?
Try System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Options - Show fast user switching menu as. You will need to have more than one user set up.
This didn't do it. We have them on the domain which is the main reason I would like this set up. I have the option of having them logged out after 2 hours, but in the library, this might be not be quite enough and not assured everyone will log out.
Switch Users Option on Lock Screen
