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loginoptions - 1.0

change login options from the command line

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Current Version:	1.0
Release Date:	2007-04-24
License:	Freeware
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Product Description:

Allows reading/changing Login Options from the command line. This uitility exactly duplicates the functionality in the Apple Accounts prefPane Login Options section.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3 or better

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/usr/bin/loginoptions - Version: 1.0, 4/25/2007 05:17AM PST

qurious

loginoptions Version 1.0, Copyright 2007, Fruit Bat Software
usage:
loginoptions
-read
-auto[login] off
<username> | <uid> [-pass[word] <password>
-login[windowstyle] all[users] | name[andpass]
-showrestart[buttons] yes | no
-showinput[menu] yes | no
-use[voiceover] yes | no]
-showhints yes | no
-num[loginfailuresbeforehint] <num>
-fastuserswitching on | off
-fastusermenu[style] icon | name | short[name]

usage: autologin will ask for the <username>'s password if none is supplied
usage: this utility requires that you are root or sudo'd into root

more... - Version: 1.0, 4/24/2007 05:23PM PST

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W-Creative

A bit more information would be helpful. I'm not about to install, via a package, any application which alters the OS without knowing what benefits there are and what exactly it does.