As you may already know, Ubuntu 12.

10 (Quantal Quetzal) changes your login scree

n image based on your desktop backgrounds. So, whatever image you set as your de
fault desktop wallpaper is also be applied to your login screen.
If you dont want your login screen to carry the same desktop wallpaper, you can f
ollow the tutorial below to change that. Its easy to change.
Objectives:
Change Ubuntu 12.10 Login Image
Enjoy!
To get stated, press Ctrl Alt T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it o
pens, run the command.
sudo i
Next, run the commands below to create connection to the X server as lightdm
xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm

Then run the command below to assume and run scripts as lightdm.
su lightdm -s /bin/bash
Next, run the commands below to disable dynamic background switching.
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-user-backgrounds false
Finally, run the commands below to add the image your wish to show up on the log
in screen. You must replace the path-to-image with the correct path to the image
stored on your computer.
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter background /path-to-image.png
Restart / Login and enjoy!
To remove the dotted-lines added by Ubuntu, run the commands below.
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-grid false