on 27/2/03 6:34 PM, Ryan Coleman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, superusers, when they log in via SSH, by default can do > anything. It is the equivalent of sitting at the box and logging in > as that super user. > > FreeBSD is a little different, though. You cannot SSH as a superuser > (without changing a few things over - not recommended at all), but > you can SSH as anyone part of the `wheel` group and use the SU > command to get the root-equivalency.
That requires that they have a password of an admin user who's in the superuser list, does it not? As for sleep *and* password: it's not a pretty kludge but it works (come on Apple, do some real work and make OS X perfect (plus, this is so easy, I could probably code it with enough time and a manual on my hands (& I haven't touched serious non-data manipulation programming in 10 years))... hop to it Apple, that's why we pay for each OS X upgrade). <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021120051626920&query=screen +saver> Both sleep and lock Open the AppleScript Script Editor and enter the following script: launch application \" screen saver Engine\" delay 5 tell application \"Finder\" sleep end tell Then Save As Run-Only, select \"Application\" under Format, and check \"Never Show Startup screen .\" I saved it as \"Lock & Sleep Workstation\". For vanity, I changed the icon to the Keychain icon as well. Finally, I dragged my newly created application to my menu and assigned it a key combo. Naturally, you can also put this application into your dock and launch it from there, or any other launcher application. FYI: here's a copy-pastable version of the script: launch application "ScreenSaverEngine" delay 4 tell application "Finder" sleep end tell -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
