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My Users dir is currently located on a second hard disk which is mounted as "/Volumes/Data HD". When I run BASH as "bash --login" or as my actual login shell (changing the shell parameter in the NetInfo record for my user account) I get the following message when I launch a shell: [...

I find that the first time I open Finder after I log in, it shows five columns. Every other time I open it I get four. Anyone know why this would happen? Thanks.

Is there a way to customize the wallpaper of the login screen? thanx

This is a Question: Has anyone seen any utilities or such for changing the look of the login window, including but not limited to: Background, Window size, window graphics...? Where are all those graphics stored in the system?

Hi people. I wander if anyone can suggest something, Here is my problem: I read a confusing apple document that made me think enabling the root user would be a good idea to have full access privs.....e.t.c So I set it up, logged in as root. while I was root user, I thought it would be a...

I want to change the short name i set in the begining to another name how do i do that.

Dont know weher any of you here noticed but, When you accedntly enter your password wrong in the login window, it shakes!!! :p i got such a shock when i just did this !! -B

Okay, so I have a whole bunch of things set to launch at Login, but there's a bug in the darn thing that makes it so not all apps launch or acknowledge that they have launched and it is annoying. I have the following set to launch at login.. DragThing Net Monitor WeatherPop...

can someone please help? i've got a perl script which connects into the login interface via -login hook - a user authenticates to the network volume via netinfo and the script captures the user logging in and their information from the netinfo system. i then want to check whether a local...

After recently udgrading to Mac OS 10.1 server, I realized that the Login Window prefs won't stick. I would like to set it so the list of users with accounts appears in the login window (the view with the images) and "other user" if I ever need to log in as root. While I understand this is minor...

Since Mac OS X 10.1.5 I have been experiencing a few kernel panics right at the login screen. These kernel panics only occur after a few minutes of inactivity, i.e. when I login right away everything is fine. But if I turn on my Mac and don't login immediately, chances are the system will crash...

Hi! It's been a long time since I didn't visit the site. Well, perhaps I was very bussy watching the FIFA world cup :D But now that Argentina team is back at home :( I returned to my Mac... I've been reading a little about remote loggin in Mac OS X. Perhaps you have seen it, there is an option...

How do you stop the login panel listing the names automatically? I'd like my name at the top as I am the System Administrator. Other users are above me and this annoys me. Please Help Me! Thanks in Advance Joe

problem: installed 10.2 devseed over my 10.1.4 when i tried to login the newly installed 10.2 the logon window stayed there forever but i couldnt get into the system. so i did a clean install of 10.2 on a re-initialized disk. worked great. then i enabled ROOT access via netInfo and set my...

How can I set up SSH so that I can log in when my mac is just at the login screen and not running in a certain user. Does it work that way by default? Also are there any clients for windows that let you log in to SSH? I'm wanting this so I can do stuff on my mac from school on PCs and...

How do I make Classic not only start up on login, but also do it in the background? Using "login" syspref and selecting "hide" does not seem to make a differ.

is it possible to get a script to log me in to, say, a telnet session? i had thought that something along the lines of % telnet host < script might work. i would have login and pass as the first two lines, and then a list of commands to execute on the remote host. it seems that i should be...