> From: Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Mac's security model works great, IMO. On the family machine, > I'm an admin, and everyone else is a normal user. They can install > apps, but only in their home directory - they have no rights to > common directories, especially system-level. When a shared app needs > upgrading, or a security patch to the OS needs applying, they have to > get me to do it. This way, they're free to install all the apps they > want, since the worst it can do is screw up their own stuff. If an > app tries to mess with a protected location, a dialog pops up asking > for admin credentials. Unless an admin OKs it, changes to the > protected areas are simply not allowed.
Having no apple experience I'm just guessing here so correct me if I'm wrong. For all users to access programs they have to be installed by an Admin? As Admin, you install Open Office, and all users of said machine have rights to it. Your son saves files to his personal workspace, no biggie. Same being true of a dabo utility you write. Your son downloads a game to his workspace, but it's also a Trojan. Can an exploit that is in your son's area go and cross over to your wife's files or mess with the file index of the disk? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
