Chris, sorry I must have missed the initial message on this thread, but you are correct. On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> I didn't notice any replies to your email so I'll take a crack at it. > > If software update does the update it should apply to all accounts. > If the account has insufficient privileges to complete the update it > should either fail and tell you or ask for the admin account to > authenticate. While you may have multiple accounts, they share the > same core applications and OS components. So an update to iTunes or > a security patch to Safari will be noticed by all users. > > CB > > James & Nash wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> As I think I mentioned before on here, I always use a limited >> account for my daily use on all my computers - wether it's Windows, >> Linux or Mac. So I was wondering. If I use the Admin account to run >> Software Update, will the updates be applied to the entire OS or >> only for that account? >> >> Also, I have notieced that if I enter my Admin password whilse in >> my limited account, I can bypass it and do what I want. Is there a >> way to tell Mac OS X not to offer me this choice as in Linux please? >> >> Thank you >> >> Take care >> >> James >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
