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Description

Having your users accept a policy at the login window before they log in is easy.

Ingredients

FW Admin
macOS computer
A text editor application

Directions

Creating the text file

Open a text editor
Apple's TextEdit will work perfectly Located in: Macintosh HD → Applications → TextEdit.app
Add the information you'd like in the banner and save the file named
PolicyBanner

- .txt - Plain Text - Saves as text only
- .rtf - Rich Text - Saves as text with features like color and font
- .rtfd - Rich Text Directory - Saves as text with color, font and images

A sample rtfd is attached ( PolicyBanner.rtfd_.zip ).

Placing the text file into the fileset

Download the sample fileset ( Custom-LoginWindow-Agreement.fileset.zip )
Import the fileset into FileWave Admin
Open the fileset and the
```
/Library/Security/
```
Folder
Replace PolicyBanner.txt with your PolicyBanner.txt or PolicyBanner.rtf or PolicyBanner.rtfd
Change the permissions/owner so a user can not edit the file.

Please Note: If you use the rtfd format

The file will show up as a folder, as it has to include the picture and text as two seperate files
URL or other Hyperlinks will not work when displayed at the login window
You will not be able to export the rtfd later due to it's folder format.

Notes

See support.apple.com/kb/HT4788 For more information.