Getting rid of "Other" in login window

Is it possible to get rid of the "other" option in the login window without disabling root user? If so, how?
Thanks,
Biko

sorry, I should have clarified...
I know that it's there so I can log into root user but somehow a while back I accidentally did something to get rid of "other" but by pushing option-o or a key combination like that and then selecting any user it would then ask for a user name and password so I could still log into root user while it was hidden from the list of users... I was hoping someone would know how to make that happen again... thanks anyways though:)
Biko

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