[Casper] Changing the default startup/login screen via a policy?

[Jason Halvorson]

Here's how I do it on our base image.  (At this point I have not switch to
making it a package.)

-----per my build documentation-----
Change logon background

1. Copy MyCompanyLogo.jpg to ³/Library/Desktop Pictures²
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
3. Enter the following commands in the Terminal window
3a. sudo chown root /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/MyCompanyLogo.jpg
3b. sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow
DesktopPicture /Library/Desktop\ Pictures/MyCompanyLogo.jpg
3c. exit

REFERENCE:  http://www.macworld.com/article/60979/2007/11/loginbkgnd2.html
4. Apple menu > RestartŠ
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Extra hints:
In line 3b, if your using tab complete, be sure to delete the ".plist"
extension at the end of com.apple.loginwindow
In line 3b, it should be "...com.apple.loginwindow" space "DesktopPicture"
space "/Library/Desk....."
In line 3b, to the best of my knowledge, the key "DesktopPicture" is case
sensitive and is one word.


Jason


> From: Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org>
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:10:46 -0400
> To: Casper Listserv <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: [Casper] Changing the default startup/login screen via a policy?
> 
> Has anyone had any luck setting the DefaultDesktop.jpg (the one in the
> core services folder) to something custom?  the manual method is
> rather involved.....
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
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