The Options tab of the Login Properties controls miscellaneous login-related options and support the following Manage Modes: Never, Always.

The following options are supported:

• Show password hint when needed and available

  All Safeguard Authentication Services users always have a password hint of "Active Directory Domain Password" by default. This hint is configurable in the Safeguard Authentication Services configuration policy. Users are never allowed to set a password hint on a Safeguard Authentication Services account. Local or non- Safeguard Authentication Services accounts may have a password hint which was intentionally set by the user to remind them of their password.

• Enable automatic login

  Select to configure the operating system to boot directly to the desktop without presenting the user with a login screen. The operating system boots using the automatic login account configured locally under System Preferences, Accounts.

• Enable console login

  By default users can type >console at the login window to drop to a terminal login. This setting allows you to disable the ability to drop to a terminal login.

• Enable Fast User Switching

  Select to display the logged in user's name in the right-hand corner of the desktop. Selecting on the user name allows the user to switch to another account without logging out of their current desktop session.

• Log out users after X minutes of inactivity

  Select to automatically log out a user if he has been inactive for the specified number of minutes.

• Local administrators may refresh or disable management

  Select to allow administrators to disable or refresh login window management settings.

• Set computer name to computer record name

  This setting affects the computer’s Bonjour name. The new Bonjour name is name-#.local where name is the computer record name you specify and # uniquely identifies the computer if there are several computers with the same Bonjour name.

• Enable external accounts

  Select to store external accounts on removable storage devices such as a thumb-drive. You must insert the removable device before an external account can log in.

• Enable guest account

  Select to enable a guest account to log in without a password. When the guest user logs out, the home directory, documents and settings are removed from the system.

• Start screen saver after X minutes

  Select to modify your screen saver setting.