I wasn't sure if anyone had said anything about the OSSEC users
showing up in the Login window on OSX. I didn't want them showing up
as accounts to log on to the box with, so I've hidden them using the
following command:

/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/defaults write
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \
HiddenUsersList -array-add ossec ossecm ossece ossecr

That will hide the users from the login window on OSX, but an
additional icon will show up labeled "Other". If you click on that
icon in the login window, it will bring up a username/password screen
that's empty (of user info). So that's the only drawback, is that it
creates an additional icon in the login window labeled "Other".

You can also manually hide/disable the ossec accounts from the login
screen. Then the accounts don't show up at all, and you don't have an
"Other" icon either.

-Chuck

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