[Preciousss]

I'm trying to increase security, so I created another user account without admin privileges that I plan on using all the time. I'm reserving the "admin" account for admin-specific activities only.

I just discovered in the Accounts control panel that you can click on the Capabilities button to specify in more detail what a user can and cannot access. So I went through and cut off access to apps and utilities like AppleScript and Terminal for the non-admin user.

The only thing is, when i try to open any of my Office docs, I get a message saying I don't have the privileges. Even going into Get Info for the document and altering the permissions there doesn't work. All of the Office apps are checked off as accessible too.

I got so fed up at work this morning that I just gave that user full app and utility access. Any idea what's going on and how I can fix this?

I'm running 10.2.3 on a 1GHz, Superbook with 1GB of RAM. I also made sure to verify and repair permissions several times.

Thanks

[GFitzy]

Logon as an Admin account

Open System Prefs and select the account you wish to edit.

Click on Capabilities

Check ON "Use only these Applications"

Click on the "Locate" button

Navigate to the Office Folder in the Apps folder and select it, then click on the Add button.

Click on OK and Quit System Prefs

You may also need to adjust the Permissions for the Office Folder to allow Others to have read/write access to the folder.

good luck!!

[Preciousss]

Originally posted by GFitzy:
Logon as an Admin account

Open System Prefs and select the account you wish to edit.

Click on Capabilities

Check ON "Use only these Applications"

Click on the "Locate" button

Navigate to the Office Folder in the Apps folder and select it, then click on the Add button.

Click on OK and Quit System Prefs

You may also need to adjust the Permissions for the Office Folder to allow Others to have read/write access to the folder.

good luck!!

OK, now I feel like a dingus. For some reason, I thought I saw all of the Office apps in the regular list (I see now that it's only Entourage that appears for some reason). Thanks for the gentle advice.

Here's something to bake your noodle though. Limewire appears in the regular app list. I check it every time, but once i log out of the admin account and try to open it, nada. I go back to look and its unchecked again.

I can try the last part of your suggestion to see if I can alter the permissions in the Finder as well.

Thanks