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Created by: Webster CHIUNDA

Modified on: Fri, 5 Oct, 2018 at 10:04 AM

To hide the technician account at setup of new device or in the creation of an image type the following in terminal :

sudo dscl . create /Users/hisechnician isHidden 1

press return and you will be asked to enter a password which belongs to the histechnician account .. next type :

sudo mv /Users/histechinician /var/histechnician

press enter .. no password is asked for here but if there is its the histechnician account p/w .. next type :

sudo dscl . create /Users/histechnician /var/histechnician NFSHomeDirectory

hit enter .. no password here but if there is its the histechnician account p/w

These 3 commands will hide histechnician account from the systems preferences, users folder and also from the login interface.

Webster is the author of this solution article.

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Initial hiding of technician account Print