[IUJHJSDHE]

I was wondering if there was a way to remove shutdown, sleep and restart out of the Apple menu.

Sometimes other people use my computer, and twice now one of them have turned it off.

So, anyone got an idea how to do this?

(By the way, I normaly turn the computer off with sudo shutdown -h now)

[CheesePuff]

If you have $10 to spare, get FruitMenu from www.unsanity.com

[Terri]

Sill nothing from stopping them from hitting control power key.

[IUJHJSDHE]

Originally posted by Terri:
Sill nothing from stopping them from hitting control power key.

Well, one of the times it was just an accident logging out.

The other time I think I forgot to tell them not to turn the computer off.

[CharlesS]

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

[hardcat1970]

in you situation, i think you have to post a sticky note or something. It's not like they accidentally shut down your computer. When you use the menu to shutdown, unless you are pressing the option key, you will have to confirm to the second dialog box. Either they want to shut down your computer or they can't read english

[IUJHJSDHE]

Originally posted by hardcat1970:
in you situation, i think you have to post a sticky note or something. It's not like they accidentally shut down your computer. When you use the menu to shutdown, unless you are pressing the option key, you will have to confirm to the second dialog box. Either they want to shut down your computer or they can't read english

Maybe thats a feature of 10.2 that I don't know about (I have 10.1). But there is no warning!

[CheesePuff]

Originally posted by IUJHJSDHE:
Maybe thats a feature of 10.2 that I don't know about (I have 10.1). But there is no warning!

If you have FruitMenu on it doesn't seem to do that...

But with it off or if its not installed, when you go to the Apple menu and choose any command (sleep, shutdown, reboot or logout) it asks you first. Or you can hold option down and choose a command which then overrides the warning.

[IUJHJSDHE]

Originally posted by CheesePuff:
If you have FruitMenu on it doesn't seem to do that...

But with it off or if its not installed, when you go to the Apple menu and choose any command (sleep, shutdown, reboot or logout) it asks you first. Or you can hold option down and choose a command which then overrides the warning.

hmm, nope, i don't have fruitmenu.

And it only asks for logout. None of the others.


EDIT: And I checked, it does not do it in 10.1, it does in 10.2 but not .1

[Richyfp]

The only way that Apple provides for doing this is to create a new user account, activate the Simple Finder (which is awful, btw) from the Capabilities button and choose to hide the restart and shut down buttons on the Log in panel (just in case someone's really trying to shut down the computer)... that's all I can think of at the moment.

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by Richyfp:
The only way that Apple provides for doing this is to create a new user account, activate the Simple Finder (which is awful, btw)

Simple Finder isn't *meant* to give a user cutting-edge features...

[TomHMeredith]

There is a fairly simple way to remove the Shutdown option from the Apple Menu.

Step 1: Install the Developr tools
Step 2: Log in as root
Step 3: Go to the following folder:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Resources/English.Iproj

Open the file StandardMenus.nib with Interface Builder.

The Menu that you want to edit is 'Apple'. make the changes that you want, save, restart.

Voila!

Tom.

edit: spelling mistake in fodler string.

[Richyfp]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Simple Finder isn't *meant* to give a user cutting-edge features...

I know - that's the whole point of it... but at the moment, it doesn't the user *any* features. Applications can't be reorganised and appear in an apparently random order - there's no get info on or move files and users can't view any files outside their document folder (but yet can save them their).

Simple Finder in OS 9 was much better than this IIRC