Sorry about the worthless unenforceable bull-crap... I usually turn that off and it really has nothing to do with our IT department.
Thanks for the suggestion though... I'll give it a shot in the morning. Although... if I go directly to the admin account, won't that just put me in the admin account? On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:18 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:34, Scott Roebuck <[email protected]> wrote: >> 10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current >> console user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver. In >> previous versions of Mac OS X, it was possible to enter the name of any >> local administrator account credentials and bypass the screen saver, >> regardless of who was currently logged into the console. > > And this is a good thing. > >> In this environment computers are required to be locked so IT maintains a >> local master admin account on all computers so that an IT staff member could >> do maintenance/troubleshooting at an end user's Mac locked with a screen >> saver. The end user is not required to be present to physically unlock the >> screen saver. > > If you have fast user switching turned on, simply switch tot he wfmin account > without touching the user's login. I do this all the time. > >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This fax and any attachments thereto may contain >> information which is privileged and confidential, and is intended for the >> sole use of the recipient(s) named above. Any use whatsoever of the >> information contained herein (including, but not limited to, total or >> partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any form) by persons >> other than the designated recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have >> received this email in error, please notify the sender by email and destroy >> the document and any attachments. Thank you for your cooperation. > > This does nothing to inspire confidence in your IT department. This worthless > unenforceable bullcrap should not be sent to a mailing list. What I will do > with this message is the same as I do with ALL messages containing this shit, > put it on a public facing web server for google indexing. > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk Scott Roebuck [email protected] "When All Else Fails, Discontinue the use of All Else."
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