How to make a User Account not show in the Login window

I have set up a few accounts on my Powerbook for the sake of office colleagues who need to access some of my shares. They are not really users of my machine, though, so I was thinking what a pity that they have to be there in an endless list of 'phony' users in the Login window, making it necessary for me to scroll down to find my Account.
So, is there a way, using NetInfo db or some other magic, to designate a few users as invisible to the Login window?
As always, many thanks.

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