How to Remove Username from the Top Panel and Hide Usernames on Login Screen on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

How to Remove Username from the Top Panel on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. Then run the commands below:

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel false

Logout and login.

To restore the username run: gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel true

Enjoy

Hide User Names on the Login Screen in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+Ton your keyboard to open Terminal.

Then run the commands below to open lightdm config file.

sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Then add the two lines below at the bottom of the file and save.

greeter-hide-users=true
allow-guest=false
It will look like this:
[SeatDefaults]
greeter-session=unity-greeter
user-session=ubuntu
greeter-hide-users=true
allow-guest=false
Save the file and restart your computer.
To restore remove the two lines:
greeter-hide-users=true
allow-guest=false
Save the file and restart your computer. That's all.