[Sarc]

anyone tried it ?

Apple HideorShowPreviousLogin

[bmedina]

Remember, it's for 10.1 only.

[Brass]

So why are they adding features to 10.1 that are not even in 10.2?

Sure, in 10.2 we can choose between a list of users or a username and password, but we cannot choose whether or not to show the last user who logged in.

Personally, I don't want to show who was the last user logged in (in my situation it's a potential security issue), but for some people, it would make logging in a bit quicker, if there is one user who uses the machine a lot more than the others.

[chabig]

People!! Don't get excited. This software was released on Jan 29, 2002. It has not been updated since. All Apple did today was to revise the accompanying KnowledgBase Document. I have no idea what VersionTracker was thinking when they put this on the front page today.

But for historical purposes, here is what it is...

In 10.1, the default behavior of the login window was to automatically fill in the username of the last person to use the machine, no doubt Apple was thinking this was a convenience, but it is also a potential security issue. So they issued this small app to let users turn off that "feature."

When 10.2 was released, the default behavior was changed to not show the previous user.

Chris

[Brass]

Originally posted by chabig:
People!! Don't get excited. This software was released on Jan 29, 2002. It has not been updated since. All Apple did today was to revise the accompanying KnowledgBase Document. I have no idea what VersionTracker was thinking when they put this on the front page today.

But for historical purposes, here is what it is...

In 10.1, the default behavior of the login window was to automatically fill in the username of the last person to use the machine, no doubt Apple was thinking this was a convenience, but it is also a potential security issue. So they issued this small app to let users turn off that "feature."

When 10.2 was released, the default behavior was changed to not show the previous user.

Chris

Precisely. So in 10.1 we had the option. In 10.2 we do not have the option.

[chabig]

Brass,

As you said earlier, it would make logging in a bit quicker for some. But those people should be using the user list instead of the blank fields.

You can make 10.2 show the previous user if you manually edit the loginwindow.defaults plist at /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/loginwindow.defaults

There is a property called "AlwaysClearUserField" that in 10.2 is YES by default. In 10.1 it was NO by default. Under 10.2, just manually change it to NO and the the loginwindow will always show the previous user. I think you have to be root to change this file though. I'd recommend making a copy with the change, then testing it before throwing away the original.

Chris

[Brass]

Originally posted by chabig:
Brass,

As you said earlier, it would make logging in a bit quicker for some. But those people should be using the user list instead of the blank fields.

You can make 10.2 show the previous user if you manually edit the loginwindow.defaults plist at /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/loginwindow.defaults

There is a property called "AlwaysClearUserField" that in 10.2 is YES by default. In 10.1 it was NO by default. Under 10.2, just manually change it to NO and the the loginwindow will always show the previous user. I think you have to be root to change this file though. I'd recommend making a copy with the change, then testing it before throwing away the original.

Chris

The list of users is nowhere near as fast as ONLY typing in a password.

But that's interesting to see that the options is still there in 10.2, albeit with not GUI access. Good find!

[chabig]

Originally posted by Brass:
The list of users is nowhere near as fast as ONLY typing in a password.

I agree.

[OwlBoy]

This is the oddest name Apple has used for a general release application .

-Owl