Re: Administrator question
At 5:16 PM -0500 1/16/2012, William Spencer wrote: Is there a way to create different administrators with different levels of access? I have a feeling not but would like to know for sure. In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do anything, of course. But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do things with group IDs or even with access control lists... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Administrator question
On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:26:00 PM UTC-5, Dan wrote: In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do anything, of course. But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do things with group IDs or even with access control lists... The hope is to be able to keep parental controls in place but allow software-update-type actions. Bill -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Administrator question
Parental controls can only be applied to a standard account. Using a standard account will not allow you to run software update without an administrative username and password. Jim On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:26:00 PM UTC-5, Dan wrote: In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do anything, of course. But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do things with group IDs or even with access control lists... The hope is to be able to keep parental controls in place but allow software-update-type actions. Bill -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Administrator question
At 7:29 PM -0800 1/16/2012, Bill Spencer wrote: On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:26:00 PM UTC-5, Dan wrote: In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do anything, of course. But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do things with group IDs or even with access control lists... The hope is to be able to keep parental controls in place but allow software-update-type actions. Parental Controls can only be activated on a normal user account. If you don't provide the admin id and password, and the user is too stoopid to boot into single-user mode, or from an external, or then they won't be updating anything. OTOH,,, why the need for the restrictions? ...I've never been fond of strapping any user down. Nothing good ever comes from it, IMO. Too often, I've had to deal with the carnage of upset parents, when they discovered that their children had the gall to first learn how to read english, then to use *gasp* Google, and then hack their way around the parental controls, nanny products, etc etc etc. There's just no substitutes for building trust and sharing ice cream sandwiches. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
