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<blockquote data-quote="cradom" data-source="post: 1526836" data-attributes="member: 305283"><p>sudo - means do it as root, the REALLY dangerous part!!</p><p>defaults write - you're changing a system variable here</p><p>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow - path to what you're changing</p><p>LoginwindowText - specific variable being changed</p><p>"Your Message" - this is the part where you insert your change</p><p></p><p>As others have said, much juju here. Can be very dangerous to play in Terminal if you don't know what you're doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cradom, post: 1526836, member: 305283"] sudo - means do it as root, the REALLY dangerous part!! defaults write - you're changing a system variable here /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow - path to what you're changing LoginwindowText - specific variable being changed "Your Message" - this is the part where you insert your change As others have said, much juju here. Can be very dangerous to play in Terminal if you don't know what you're doing. [/QUOTE]
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