Specify a default user picture for Setup Assistant to use?

[wesleypettit]

Howdy!

Setup Assistant always populates a random user picture during the new user creation process. Is there a way to specify that the same picture always appears as default?

I see articles about using dscl to change icons for existing users, which doesn't really apply in this situation. Just want new users to always see the same default icon. I'm also not too keen on deleting on the default picture that come with OS X. Maybe there is a plist somewhere that can be changed?

Thanks,
Wes

[jarednichols]

Just want new users to always see the same default icon.

Why?

[thoule]

I'm guessing one user per machine and they want corp logo.

[jarednichols]

If so, there's better things for IT overlords to spend their time on. This is inconsequential to, well, everything.

[joshuasee]

When Apple changed this, around 10.5 IIRC, I filed a bug report on it, only to see it marked as a duplicate. Needless to say, the behavior has remained.

Tools like CreateUserPkg or jamf createAccount allow you to specify a picture when creating an account, but for accounts created in the GUI or by directory services, you'll likely need to change the user picture after the fact. dscl based methods would seem to apply in this situation.

The only other workaround I can think of would be if you're using ActiveDirectory. A jpegPhoto attribute supplied by the AD server should be honored, and generation of them could be automated or based on templates on the server, but I've never attempted it.