Re: Password protect?

2011-11-05 Thread Dan
At 8:06 AM -0700 11/2/2011, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I need to make a dvd disk, with one file on itÅ . what I need to do, is make the file readable by anyone, but nobody can drag the file to the desktop without a password.. is this possible? No. If you can read a thing, you can save a thing. In

Re: Password protect?

2011-11-03 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Jeffery, Jeffery after you have created (formatted) the disk and mounted it on the desktop, highlight the disk and then do a get info. When the disk info window appears click on the Lock and enter your administrator name and password. At the bottom of the info window you will see a pain

Re: Password protect?

2011-11-03 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:27 AM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings Jeffery, Jeffery after you have created (formatted) the disk and mounted it on the desktop, highlight the disk and then do a get info. When the disk info window appears click on the Lock and enter your administrator name and

Re: Password protect?

2011-11-03 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 3-11-2011 18:33, Jeffrey Engle ha scritto: I'm trying to make a download link that I can give to anybody and it just starts the download to their computerÅ  I think the copy protection is gonna get shelved for now. I have been experiencing copy protection since the '80s. My

Re: Password protect

2010-12-15 Thread Jeff Bequette
to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom/what? and for what purpose? If I let people use my computer I don't want them to have access to all the HDD's on the particular machine. It's

Re: Password protect

2010-12-15 Thread Jeff Bequette
to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom/what? and for what purpose? If I let people use my computer I don't want them to have access to all the HDD's on the particular machine. It's

Re: Password protect

2010-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 15, 2010, at 9:58 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: And it works. My family use computer fast switching has partitions for each user so that no one else can save stuff to 'their' drive without Admin level password. Just looking, I believe I can set it to 'no access'. click on HD, get

Re: Password protect

2010-12-15 Thread iJohn
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: This works by default with multiple accounts. Fast switching has nothing to do with it. You don't need to take any action to prevent user's home directories from access (even as an admin user).

Re: Password protect

2010-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 15, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 15, 2010, at 9:58 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: And it works. My family use computer fast switching has partitions for each user so that no one else can save stuff to 'their' drive without Admin level password. Just looking, I

Re: Password protect

2010-12-14 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Dan wrote: At 2:39 PM -0800 12/13/2010, John Carmonne wrote: Well I want others to be able to use my account but be restricted to certain drives, I need a solution similar to the password requirement to install software. Do a Get Info on your boot volume and

Re: Password protect

2010-12-14 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/13 14:51, Clark Martin so eloquently wrote: Set up permissions as appropriate. You'll need to do Get Info on each drive and ensure they are set to use permissions. Just thought I'd mention this in case some list members are unaware. When you or an application create a new folder at

Re: Password protect

2010-12-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 13, 2010, at 3:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Curiously, can't you do a Get Info on the HDDs you don't want others to use and set the permissions for no access (except for yourself, of course?) Or if there are particular people to whom you habitually grant access to your computer,

Re: Password protect

2010-12-14 Thread John Carmonne
keep pending product files on an external and just unplug them it's just I thought if I could password protect those internal drives instead of the constant bother of updating access on user accounts life would be simpler. Dan's fix did what I need it may be a little crude but effective

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Dan
At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom/what? and for what purpose? Are you talking about blocking access from other non

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom/what? and for what purpose? If I let

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Yersinia
On 12/13/10 4:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Jonas Ulrich
You could place a pasword protected disk image that is the size of the hard drive, on the hard drive and put everything in there. It's essentially a pasword protected hard drive -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 13, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Yersinia wrote: On 12/13/10 4:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 13, 2010, at 2:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Yersinia wrote: On 12/13/10 4:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Dan
At 2:39 PM -0800 12/13/2010, John Carmonne wrote: Well I want others to be able to use my account but be restricted to certain drives, I need a solution similar to the password requirement to install software. Do a Get Info on your boot volume and examine the permissions. Notice that it's

Password protect

2010-12-12 Thread John Carmonne
I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5