Hello again Dan, On Jul 14, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote:
> Jerry: > > Thanks for the input. In order to give each user access to the entire > hard drive, I presume I would have to give them administrator access > -- which isn't necessarily a problem, although I would _prefer_ not to > give them access to the Applications, System and Library folders in > the root directory. On the OS-X "server" box: Access and what they can do is set when you create the account (or when a high-level admin modifies the account). You can limit access (including access for lower level admins) as you wish. In the accounts pref pane, for users that are not the main admin (machine "owner"), you select the account and then the Limitations tab from the right and then set limits as you wish. This tab does not appear for the main admin person, but does appear for any subsequent users that have been added. > > Your addendum appears to give a way to still access the drop boxes > even if the user has restricted access -- but would that mean that the > user would have to go through that process of selecting all the names > each time he logged on to the server? Or is there a way to alias that > whole process? > On the local desktop running OS-X that will log in to the "server box": If you click on the accounts pref pane, click on the start-up items, you will see an additional set of the + - buttons in the right side pane. click on the + button. An open dialog sheet will appear and in the left is the network icon. Navigate your way to the desired account on the server box. enter the password, etc. for those that need it. Repeat as necessary for additional accesses. When that machine starts up (or the user logs in), those items will be mounted on their desktop. > Is there a way to give restricted user (or admin users for that > matter) access to just the Users folder? In OS 9 I had set up a "Net > Folder" on the server machine that was the only folder shared, which > gave everyone access to the folders inside that folder, but not to > anything else. > See first note: > Any idea if the shareware program SharePoints would make any of this > easier? > Not sure about this app, I have not used it in a while. > Dan > >> Addendum: >> >> If the accounts are really restricted (as you might want), then when >> that account tries to log on, after it gets pass the password stage, >> a list of names will be presented, select all of them and those drop >> boxes will be mounted you you to put things in. >> >> > >> Hey Dan, >> >> Piece of cake (smile). Try this for your OS-X users. >> >> When they log in from their own box, via the LAN, to the OS-X >> "server" box, mount the entire hard drive, not just their own >> account. >> Open that drive and go to the Users folder. Each one of the other >> users accounts are sitting there as folders. Inside of the other >> account folders is that account's Public folder which contains the >> drop box. >> >> They will be able to put things in the drop boxes but not mess with >> stuff in the other person's account if they are not allowed to. >> If you want you can make aliases for each drop box and put those on >> the local desktop, for quick and easy access. >> >> I haven't played with doing this from OS-9 to OS-X for a while, but >> it was set up in a similar fashion, so I think it will still work >> that way as well. >> >> Jerry >> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > Hope this helps, Jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. -- John Ciardi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
