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Tiger client login window issue

I've got Tiger clients (wired) where I have the exact same issue. The login window (lists of users) does not show up until I log in as admin and then logout. The client will be fine until the next restart when only the "Name" and "Password" login window appears. I had the same issue with my Panther schools and fixed them by editing the StartupParameters.plist file like mentioned below. 

I was happy to finally see a mention of how to fix the same issue on a Tiger client but I searched the archives and couldn't find anything on "rc.local" or "launchd". Can anyone elaborate on what steps I need to take to correct this slow login window on my Tiger clients?

Thanks in advance,
Steve St. Marie
Macintosh Server/Software Support Specialist
Gilbert Public Schools
Gilbert, AZ


On Sep 7, 2005, at 5:09 AM, email@hidden wrote:

Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:32:28 -0700

From: Ian Ward Comfort <email@hidden>

Subject: Re: wireless login inconsistant

To: email@hidden

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    <email@hidden">email@hidden>

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I take it that your student accounts are LDAP or Open Directory.  In  

that case it *could* be that your problem is just a race condition:  

loginwindow is appearing before you have network.  In Panther you can  

fix this by making loginwindow's StartupItem require Network (or  

Resolver to be safe, IIRC).  You'll need to edit


/System/Library/StartupItems/LoginWindow/StartupParameters.plist


(Fixing the problem in Tiger involves rc.local because loginwindow is  

started directly by launchd.)  I think this has been mentioned on  

this list before so there may be more details in the archives.


Also note you may have to follow some of Dave's steps before trying  

this so that the machines are actually joining wireless networks  

without a login.


HTH,

IWC


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