Hidden 500 users removes Guest Account from Login Window and Account Pane of Systems Prefs

[kmitnick]

I created a hidden admin user and set the user id to 499 and ran the following command to hide the user from showing up in the accounts pane of system prefs:

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool YES

The problem I’m having is I need the Guest Account to show up at the login screen but since the user id of the Guest Account is 201, it’s hidden because it’s under 500. It also does not show up under Parental Controls.

Is there a defaults write command that I can issue to get the Guest Account to show up at the login window but still keep the hidden admin account from showing up under the accounts pane of systems preferences and the login window?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Jaimegago]

What about
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array short_name_of_user_to_hide

Is that what you are looking for?

[kmitnick]

I appreciate your reply but I’ve tried this a while back and that did not work either. It’s a catch 22, One command will hide it from the login window along with the guest user, the other will keep the hidden admin user in the accounts pane of systems preferences which is something I don’t want.

So far, the only way to get it to work is to set the login window option to Name and Password. That way, the user has to type it in manually.

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