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Is there a way to force OS X login pane to show the login/password dialog?
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Clinically Insane
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I thought there was a key combo that'd switch from list view for accounts to the login/password view (like, you hold down a key combo and click on any user.)
Or is there? I can't seem to find it on Google.
We have several computers that are in list mode, but there's a hidden administrator account that doesn't show up (and there's no "Other" option in the list view.) Would like to bring up the old login/password dialog to manually log in the administrator account.
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you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
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You could create a visible Admin account, or even the root user. But give it a long random password, something no one could guess. That would force Other to appear.
I don't know about a key combination. That sounds useful.
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You can change it in Account Preferences to show usernames and passwords by default, but a keyboard shortcut to switch, I don't know.
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A keyboard command would be a security risk. There are many cases where you wouldn't want to expose what usernames are available on the system.
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Hit an arrow key so that one of the names in the list is selected, and then press Option-Return. This will get you to the standard login/password prompt.
From there, you can type >console into the username field and leave the password blank to get an even standarder login prompt. 
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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In other words: business as usual 
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Good one, CharlesS. I'll remember that trick. 
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Originally Posted by CharlesS 
Hit an arrow key so that one of the names in the list is selected, and then press Option-Return. This will get you to the standard login/password prompt.
From there, you can type >console into the username field and leave the password blank to get an even standarder login prompt.
Ah, that's it! Thanks. I knew I read it somewhere.
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