Thanks Tim. Never fear I would only use that if absolutely necessary. Max. > On 9 Jun 2015, at 10:22 am, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > You need to first enable the root user which is done through the Directory > Utility found through Users & Groups in System Prefs in the Login Options, > then the Join button. Once in Directory Utility, it's under the Edit menu. > I reiterate the extreme caution that one must have when both enabling and > using the root user as it can open up some vulnerabilities if your computer > is compromised. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 8, 2015, at 17:38, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > how would I log in as root? > Thanks again. > Max. > >> On 6 Jun 2015, at 11:58 pm, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> User accounts are independent of each other. Even as an Admin, you do not >> have permission to go inside the user account of another user on your >> computer, unless you mess with file permissions, which is not recommended. >> You can have User A put files into the Shared folder and then you'd have >> access to them from both accounts, or log in as root which will give you >> access to anything and everything, which has its own set of cautions. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 21:35, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> thanks to the help the other day I have created another admin account on the >> Mac. >> What I now wish to change user A from an admin to a non admin account. I >> know how to do this. My question is . >> After changing to the non admin account will I be able to see all the files >> belonging to account A from the new admin account? >> My reason for wanting to do this is because I wish to run the Mac from a non >> admin account. Security wise this is much safer. You may have read about a >> venerability >> that has been discovered on the Mac when the Mac awakes from sleep mode if >> you have visited a site that gave you some Trojan either via flash or some >> downloaded file access to the Mac is possible. If you don’t run with admin >> credentials apparently you are safe. >> Running as a non admin in Windows has been good practice for years. >> As always thanks for any advice. >> Max. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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