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Chapter 10 Managing Preferences 191
To ensure that a type of user doesn’t show up in the list, deselect the corresponding
setting.
To display mobile accounts on client computers with Mac OS X v10.5 or later, select
“Show mobile accounts.”
To display mobile accounts on client computers with Mac OS X v10.4 installed, select
“Show local users.”
To allow unlisted users to log in, select “Show Other.”
11 To allow the user to restart the computer, select “Show Restart button.”
If the user has physical access to the computer, he or she can still restart the computer.
12 To allow the user to shut down the computer, select “Show Shut Down button.”
If the user has physical access to the computer, he or she can still shut down the
computer.
You might also want to remove the Restart and Shut Down commands from the Finder.
For more information, see “Managing Finder Preferences” on page 182.
13 Click Apply Now.
Configuring Miscellaneous Login Options
You can configure the following login options that don’t change the appearance of the
login window but affect how users log in.
Option What this does when enabled
Show password hint when
needed and available
If the user supplied a password hint and he or she enters an
incorrect password three times, the password hint appears.
Enable automatic login If the computer’s local settings enable Automatic Login, the login
window is bypassed when the computer starts up.
Enable >console login Users can log in using the Darwin console (command-line
interface). To log in to the console, the user enters “>console” and
no password in the login window. This allows the user to bypass
management.
Enable Fast User Switching With Fast User Switching, more than one account is available at the
same time on a single computer.
The list of current active (authenticated) accounts appears in a
menu on the right side of the Finder menu bar, allowing you to
switch to a different account by choosing it.
A user must authenticate to switch to his or her account, but the
previous user does not need to log out first.
Log out users after # minutes of
activity
If a client computer has Mac OS X v10.3 or later, when the set time
interval has passed, the user is logged out and returned to the
login window.
Local administrators may refresh
or disable management
When local administrators log in, they have the option not to
choose a workgroup and to disable preference management.