pitfromathens
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Q: hide guest user log screen AGAIN

Sorry guys but i tried and readed everything about that,but any solution for me.

how this sit hide???????? sadenly appears in my log screen ,before 2 days for 2 years it was only mine acount

yes, in "users & groups" in guest user ALL are unchecked and its still there! #$%#@$$ lol

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 29, 2016 6:44 AM

by stuckboss,Solvedanswer
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A:

Hello pitfromathens,

 

From my understanding of your post, it sounds like you wish to disable the guest user on your iMac. I can appreciate wanting to have settings saved the way you'd like!

 

If you enable Find My Mac in the System Preferences > iCloud menu, the guest user will be automatically enabled. Learn more here:

OS X El Capitan: Guest user preferences

Guest login can work with the Find My Mac feature of iCloud to help you find your Mac if you lose it. You can locate your Mac if someone finds it, logs in as a guest, then uses Safari to access the Internet. (Find My Mac must be turned on before you lose your Mac.) For more information, see Use Find My Mac.

 

If the guest user continues to be enabled, this is the likely culprit. Take care!

Posted on Jun 29, 2016 7:05 PM

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  • by stuckboss,Solvedanswer

    stuckboss stuckboss Jun 29, 2016 7:05 PM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jun 29, 2016 7:05 PM in response to pitfromathens

    Hello pitfromathens,

     

    From my understanding of your post, it sounds like you wish to disable the guest user on your iMac. I can appreciate wanting to have settings saved the way you'd like!

     

    If you enable Find My Mac in the System Preferences > iCloud menu, the guest user will be automatically enabled. Learn more here:

    OS X El Capitan: Guest user preferences

    Guest login can work with the Find My Mac feature of iCloud to help you find your Mac if you lose it. You can locate your Mac if someone finds it, logs in as a guest, then uses Safari to access the Internet. (Find My Mac must be turned on before you lose your Mac.) For more information, see Use Find My Mac.

     

    If the guest user continues to be enabled, this is the likely culprit. Take care!

  • by pitfromathens,

    pitfromathens pitfromathens Jun 30, 2016 12:53 PM in response to stuckboss
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    Jun 30, 2016 12:53 PM in response to stuckboss

    thank u for the answer

    ok i did it,find my mac off

    restart

    coucou!

    LWScreenShot 2016-06-30 at 10.47.34 PM.png

    other user is still  in ligin screen!

    @$$$$$#%$!@

    what happens???????????

  • by becky_s22,

    becky_s22 becky_s22 Jul 1, 2016 9:53 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 1, 2016 9:53 AM in response to pitfromathens

    pitfromathens,

     

    Thank you for the update and screenshot!

     

    A common cause of this symptom would be if you've ever enabled the "root" user on your iMac. The "root" user is not enabled by default and is not needed for normal operation, so you are safe to disable it. Use this article for the steps:

     

    Enabling and using the "root" user in OS X

    How to disable the root user

    OS X Lion and later

    1. From the Apple menu choose System Preferences.
    2. From the View menu choose Users & Groups.
    3. Click on the lock and authenticate with an administrator account.
    4. Click Login Options.
    5. Click the Edit button or Join button.
    6. Click the Open Directory Utility button.
    7. Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.
    8. Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.
    9. Choose Disable Root User from the Edit menu. 

     

    Another common cause of this icon appearing would be if you use network logins with your iMac. This would be typical of a networked computer, such as a school or work computer. If your iMac is part of a network, be sure to contact the network administrator for further details.

     

    Enjoy your weekend!

  • by pitfromathens,

    pitfromathens pitfromathens Jul 1, 2016 10:30 AM in response to becky_s22
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    Jul 1, 2016 10:30 AM in response to becky_s22

    thanks for tha answer

    i did this ONE MORE TIME,disable root,i ve done it before. any change

    other user is still there.

    i say again.i tried EVERYTHING in google articles about that issue. everything. any change!

    something strange happens!

    before 4 days my PERSONAL imac was perfect (its in my home and personal with my password,i live alone), sadenly started to lag,espacialy internet,i changed pass internet i deleted history cash etc and its getting better, for example when i have msg on fb there is notification with name and msg,these days there is notification window but its empty doesnt show from who is msg and what write.yes its a small issue but strange.and the OTHER USER IS STILL HERE!

    sorry for my bad english

    hope u understand and help

    ANY OTHER HELP PLS?

  • by darren.s,

    darren.s darren.s Jul 1, 2016 11:12 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 1, 2016 11:12 AM in response to pitfromathens

    pitfromathens,

     

    Great job in narrowing down the common causes of this behavior! As this continues to appear after attempting the above solutions, I'd like to suggest exploring other options with Apple Support. Here is a resource to start: https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action

     

    Take care!

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 3, 2016 5:21 PM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 3, 2016 5:21 PM in response to pitfromathens

    Not exactly what you want, but try going to System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Options and set to Name and Password.

  • by pitfromathens,

    pitfromathens pitfromathens Jul 9, 2016 4:37 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Jul 9, 2016 4:37 AM in response to Eric Root

    my promblem is still here. i want to hide the "other user" witch sudenly appeared in my login  screen. i tried everything,but any solution for me

  • by pitfromathens,

    pitfromathens pitfromathens Jul 9, 2016 4:40 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 9, 2016 4:40 AM in response to pitfromathens

    i dont want to login with name and pass,i want it as was before.turn on my imac ,be my ONLY user (name), write ONLY my pass and thats it,desktop...

    can i?

  • by appreciate,

    appreciate Jul 9, 2016 5:03 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 9, 2016 5:03 AM in response to pitfromathens

    Keep settings as per screen shot :

    Screen Shot 2016-07-09 at 5.32.07 PM.png

  • by appreciate,

    appreciate Jul 9, 2016 5:08 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 9, 2016 5:08 AM in response to pitfromathens

    This article is more hi tech : How to hide a user account in OS X - Apple Support

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jul 9, 2016 5:16 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 9, 2016 5:16 AM in response to pitfromathens

    I was just thinking the same thing as appreciate.

    I don't know why, but you may have a hidden user account. Copy the following this command and paste into Terminal, then hit return. Look for any user listed other than, daemon, root, nobody, Guest, and your own.

    dscl . list /Users | grep -v "_"

  • by pitfromathens,

    pitfromathens pitfromathens Jul 9, 2016 5:29 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Jul 9, 2016 5:29 AM in response to Barney-15E

    imac:~ pit$ dscl . list /Users | grep -v "_"

    daemon

    Guest

    nobody

    pit

    root

    unpeelable

     

    ?

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Jul 9, 2016 5:37 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 9, 2016 5:37 AM in response to pitfromathens

    Is this Mac 'joined' to a network server?

    In the Users & groups > Login options should list any network servers that are configured on the Mac, the 'other' user can be created because of that feature.

     

    Also see the third answer at…

    http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/165041/what-is-other-account-on-os-x-yo semite-login-screen

    As explained there the following command in Terminal may help…

    sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool FALSE


     

    You will need to do that when logged in as an admin user via /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.

     

    EDIT: Looks like you have an extra user called 'unpeelable'. Follow the other advice to reveal that.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jul 9, 2016 5:42 AM in response to pitfromathens
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    Jul 9, 2016 5:42 AM in response to pitfromathens

    It shows that you have two user accounts, but only one shows on your screenshot, but I can't read it to determine which is hidden--I'm guessing unpeelable because the username doesn't look that long in the screenshot.

     

    Did you ever create "unpeelable?"

     

    You can read the info in the record with:

    dscl . read /Users/unpeelable

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