Hide PostgreSQL User in OS X Lion 10.7

Posted on August 1, 2011, 2:20 am, by schmidp, under Development, Lion, Mac OS X.

After installing PostgreSQL 8.4 on Lion, a PostgreSQL user pops up in the login window.
To hide system users (including the PostgreSQL user) type the following in your terminal:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool TRUE
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4 Comments

  1. Andrew says:
    October 15, 2011 at 4:29 am

    This command doesn’t works on Lion.

  2. why says:
    November 4, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    http://www.cool-vpn.net

  3. noel says:
    September 19, 2012 at 2:16 am

    How do I undo this command?

  4. John says:
    January 21, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    @noel:

    To delete, type:

    sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users

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