Yes, sort of, in safari both my children ( whose accounts have parental controls turned on, but I don't htink this is it) have to hit cancel on the keychain pop up constantly to view web pages, it doesn't happen for the other three accounts on the systems.
Best Regards Hugh Griffiths -----Original Message----- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 3:51 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Keychain? Hi Hugh, On 27/08/2009, at 3:01 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: > > Ronni, your memory is amazing, I thought I might have asked this > question before but couldn't find the answer. > > If I have one user that has admin privileges' is it possible to turn > off keychain for other people? NO, they require Keychain to store their passwords to login to their Accounts, their email accounts, iTunes Apple Music Store account. It's worrying me ... why you want to "Turn Off" Keychain? Are you having a problem in your Account or a Non Admin. Account? Cheers, Ronni > > -----Original Message----- > From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On > Behalf Of Ronda Brown > Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 2:19 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: Keychain? > > > Hi Hugh, > > On 27/08/2009, at 1:37 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: > >> >> Is there a way to turn off keychain? > > You asked this question before back on 5 November 2006. > My answer to you then, and now is the same. > > Begin Quote from my email: > > "Short Answer to 'Can you Disable Keychain Completely' : No. > Apple's OS X requires at least one admin user account tied to a > password. > See <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156> for more > details. > > The core philosophy behind Mac OS X is that a user with Admin > privileges *needs* > to enter his/her password to install or update any software. > This is a big part of what makes the Mac so much more secure than > other platforms > and there is rightly no way around it." > > End Quote: > >> Or disable it for certain apps, like safari? > > In Safari, you could try turning OFF AutoFill. > Open Safari, choose Preferences > Autofill and uncheck all three > Items. > > Cheers, > Ronni >> >> >> Best Regards >> Hugh Griffiths >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On >> Behalf Of Ronda Brown >> Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 1:05 PM >> To: WAMUG Mailing List >> Subject: Re: Entourage to Mail >> >> >> >> On 25/08/2009, at 9:45 PM, John Daniels wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all >>> On my Intel iMac I can receive and send emails using Entourage >>> without a problem and without using a password. >>> >>> However when I switched to Mac Mail the program asks me for a >>> password and does not accept the password which would normally give >>> me access to Westnet server. >>> I have checked at Mail preferences - Accounts which looks OK and >>> phoned Westnet but they could not help. >> >> Hi John, >> >> >> 1. Quit Mail if it's running. >> 2. Open Keychain Access > Passwords > Internet. >> 3. Find the password that Mail is having a problem with and delete >> it, >> then quit Keychain Access. >> 4. Restart Mail and enter the password again when asked, and check to >> the box to save it in the Keychain. >> >> It shouldn't ask you again unless your Keychain becomes corrupted in >> the future. >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
