On Mar 8, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Dan wrote: >> >> Actually I'll disagree with Dan here; it works perfectly well to do this >> while the user is logged in; you have to use the credentials of an current >> administrator to do so, of course, but once you've done this they can do >> anything they want. No need to log out or any such stuff...it's not Windows, >> after all > > hum. Just tried it in Tiger - no go - had to log out and back in to get the > admin to stick. Perhaps this working dynamically is Leo+?
Now that I think of it, the user management system was one of the things that changed a lot between 10.4 and 10.5, so it's probable that it works differently. We have very few systems here that run 10.4; every college Mac we're managing is an intel mac which came with 10.5 minimum....they've REALLY taken off here. We've gone from a handful of Mac users in the College to over 100 in just a few years. Certainly the new ones I'm adding to our Windows domain (and having these admin issues with) are all 10.6. I've got one old sawtooth in the back room I can boot up into 10.4 if I want; I've considered trying to get PearPC working in a VM to have a 10.4 system on hand for support and testing issues, but there's so few of them (mostly aging PPC systems in the labs and the occasional student with an aging Powerbook or iBook.) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
