Where is the location of isight photo for new osx account?

Hi all - my first post....
When a new account is created and the (inbuilt) isight camera is used to take a login photo, where on the OS is that photo stored and in what format?
Sorry if it's basic, but I've searched high and low for ages...
David
intel laptop   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Welcome to Apple Discussions, David
While your question may be basic, the answer is not so simple.
Yours is actually a question about how OS X works rather than iSight.
See Niel's Nov, 2006, response to Bernhard VonZastrow1's question in:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=3532758
Because this old post has been archived and will be removed from view before this topic is, I quote Niel's response here for the record:
The login picture can be anywhere on the hard disk; to find its current location, open the NetInfo Manager in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder, and check the picture property for your user account.
To find this property for a system other than the one currently used to start up the computer, open the Terminal application in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run the following command:
sudo nicl -raw '/Volumes/volumename/private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb' -read users/username/
This command will prompt you for your administrator password; nothing will appear in the Terminal window while it is being typed. Look for the picture line in the output to find the path.
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If Niel's response answers your question, please let us know, but wait for Niel to post here so you can credit him with the "Solved" points he deserves.
If you need more help of info about this topic, you might want to post in Tiger Forums > Administration, Accounts & Login Discussions. Niel and other very smart folks will help you with your OS X questions there.
Cheers,
Jim
  Mac OS X (10.4.9)    G5 DP 1.8  External iSight

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