On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Dan wrote: > At 2:39 PM -0800 12/13/2010, John Carmonne wrote: >> Well I want others to be able to use my account but be restricted to certain >> drives, I need a solution similar to the password requirement to install >> software. > > Do a Get Info on your boot volume and examine the permissions. Notice that > it's owned by system and that others have only read access. Take away that > read access, and you no gots access into the drive without authenticating... > > Do the same to those drives you want to protect. > > The key is to make sure YOU don't own the drive! That way it takes > authentication to change the permissions back... > > - Dan.
Thanks Dan. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
