Hi Scott,
thanks for the update. I've been thinking a little more about this
and have thiese ideas.
• If the Time Capsule is not mounted so that you actually see it on
the Desktop, will your kids think of accessing it at all. The
connection for Time Machine does not require the time Capsule to be
mounted in that fashion for the backups to work.
• Using the Get info, you can set privileges for specific folders on
your Time capsule so that other users don't have enough access
privileges to be able to delete or modify items within that given
folder.
• You could partition the drive on the Time Capsule so that your
backups and other data reside on one partition and set it's password
accordingly as well as pointing the other users to another partition
for their backups.
Just some things to think about. If you have questions or need help
with any of these ideas, let me know.
Later...
On 1-Apr-08, at 4:27 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Tim, just wanted to give you an update on what I accomplished. First
it seems the account configuration is really only useful for backing
up certain users on one machine or so I have been told. The best way
to protect the data is simply use parental controls and prevent
anyone from accessing the keychain application. This way you can use
a disk password. It would seem however as far as I can tell, that
while Time Machine is doing its thing, if the drive is mounted, the
only thing anyone can see is the contents of the machine they are
on. In other words if CrackerJack Mac is connected, then all you
have access to is the data for that machine. Now this works since we
all have different machines on the network, but if it were a
multiple user situation, this wouldn't work as well for me. I'm
still not sure I completely understand how this all works, but I
anticipate Apple will enhance the AirPort utility and abilities of
the Time Capsule. Customers will likely want some of these
capabilities and if so, they'll find their way into the software.
Thanks for your help.
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
