Blake Hanes wrote: >Hello All Im wondering about security for my performa 6320CD I Know >about foolproof but that is soo easy to get around i am letting my >niece live with me and she has a 12 yr old daughter that goes out of >her way to screw up computers very annoying she knows alot about macs >little does she know i do to and so im looking for some security cheap >that is not easy to get around any suggestions would be appreciated >also if any one wants a gmail invite email me OFF LIST and you will >get one i only have 5 so hurry! > Why bother buying software? All you need is some ingenuity!
1. The best way would be to get a second hard drive, make a mirror image of your hard drive, and stick it in the closet. Let her run rampant over your Mac, and when she leaves, pop in the backup drive and it's like she was never there. 2. Take that second hard drive and put Linux on it. I doubt she knows how to use UNIX. You can set some pretty tight permissions, too, if she does. Don't teach her the following: su, man, fdisk, chmod, chowner, chroot or rm -rf / 3. Hide the keyboard and mouse. 4. Lock the computer in the closet. 5. Lock the grand-niece in the closet (but not with the backup hard drive). 6. Move to Alaska. (If you're already in Alaska, move to Hawaii.) 7. Get a keylock (like on old x86 PC's) and wire that to your Mac's power switch. Without the key in, the system won't boot, and you can't bork a powered-down system. (Make sure your great-niece doesn't have a screwdriver or else this will be all for naught.) 8. Realistically, talk to your niece about this problem. Don't read her steps five and six if you decide to do so. No Gmail invite necessary, thanks. -- Colin -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
