I wasn't talking about giving anyone read + write access to the entire file tree except the administrator. Jane siad she was the sole person and the administrator on that computer. Giving herself access shouldn't be a security issue.
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:36:33 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > <George Takei/>Oh my!</gt> > > That is really not reccomended because that demolishes a lot of built-in > security in Unix. OS X has it's permissions stucture for a reason; blindly > giving various users and groups read+write access to the entire file tree > is NOT recommended. > > Things will work, but they won't work safely. > > > -- > 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
