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User permissions... me confused!
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2000
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Ok, so the whole multiple user permissions thing really confuses me. But here's the deal... I have to send my Mac in for service and I wanted to create a Guest user that could only use certain apps. However, when I place the apps I don't want used by others in my own User > Apps folder (not the root Apps folder) they are still accessible when logged in as other users. My Documents folder is protected, but my apps aren't. Can that be changed? Does this make sense? Can anybody help? Thanks.
OS X 10.3
G4 DP 1gHz
1 GB RAM
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You need to set "Capabilities" (or "Limitations" under Panther) for the new user you created. There you can set exactly which applications you want to give to that particular user...
You'll find this under the "Accounts" PrefPane...
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"Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny." -HJS
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Hi!
OK, this solves the problem, but isn't it strange that the apps in the user directory are accessible by all users? Is this normal behaviour?
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Originally posted by Taipan:
Hi!
OK, this solves the problem, but isn't it strange that the apps in the user directory are accessible by all users? Is this normal behaviour?
You need to check the permissions of that folder. If everyone has read access, then they will be able to use those apps even though they are in a user's home.
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Vandelay Industries
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What precisely are you trying to stop?
If your machine is being serviced, the people doing it obviously have full access to anything on your hard drive. They can just hook the machine up in Firewire target disk mode and read anything on the drive. Alternatively, they could boot off a Mac OS X Install CD and reset your password.
If there's something on your hard drive you don't want them to touch, I suggest taking it off the drive entirely, or using something like Filevault or an encrypted disk image.
No operating system is entirely secure if someone has complete access to the system, it's a matter of trusting the repair people to just repair the machine, and nothing else. And that's all they'll do most likely, they have plenty more to do than look around your hard drive. All they'll generally do is get whatever it is that needs fixing fixed, do some testing off whatever they fixed and then return it to you.
- proton
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