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From: Roger on 12 Jun 2010 21:39 I always heard I should start a secondary account on my MacBook (Snow Leopard) for daily use. So I made an account for myself and use it for everything. But recently I found if I log in to my original admin account, I don't have "access" to my folders in my secondary account. I've tried get info, unlocking, etc., but it still says "you have no access." I also repaired permissions. (The folders in my secondary account have a little round, red symbol with what looks like a white dash or minus sign.) How did this happen? Is it likely to cause any problems? Thanks for any ideas, Rog --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Davoud on 12 Jun 2010 22:01 Roger wrote: > I always heard I should start a secondary account on my MacBook (Snow > Leopard) for daily use. So I made an account for myself and use it for > everything. You were ill advised. Most single users require only a single _admin_ account to operate their Macs. > But recently I found if I log in to my original admin > account, I don't have "access" to my folders in my secondary account. > I've tried get info, unlocking, etc., but it still says "you have no > access." I also repaired permissions. (The folders in my secondary > account have a little round, red symbol with what looks like a white > dash or minus sign.) How did this happen? Is it likely to cause any > problems? Sounds like it already has. One solution is to e-mail essential documents to yourself and then get the e-mail in the Admin account. Or just dump the other account, but save the home folder and if you cannot then access it from your admin account, go into your Mac via FW Target Disk Mode and move files where you want them. You may still have to change ownership on some of those files. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Mr. Uh Clem on 12 Jun 2010 22:24 Davoud wrote: > Roger wrote: > >> I always heard I should start a secondary account on my MacBook (Snow >> Leopard) for daily use. So I made an account for myself and use it for >> everything. > > You were ill advised. Most single users require only a single _admin_ > account to operate their Macs. I disagree. The concept of least privileges is a good one, no matter what your OS. Running as a limited user minimizes the damage that can be done if you, for example, inadvertently allow a trojan into your account. It's like the difference between having a fire contained to one room of your house or having the whole house go. We've taken it a step further by creating an office account separate from our run of the mill user accounts. The office account is for doing sensitive things like taxes and banking. No casual browsing, etc. >> But recently I found if I log in to my original admin >> account, I don't have "access" to my folders in my secondary account. >> I've tried get info, unlocking, etc., but it still says "you have no >> access." I also repaired permissions. (The folders in my secondary >> account have a little round, red symbol with what looks like a white >> dash or minus sign.) How did this happen? Is it likely to cause any >> problems? > > Sounds like it already has. One solution is to e-mail essential > documents to yourself and then get the e-mail in the Admin account. Or > just dump the other account, but save the home folder and if you cannot > then access it from your admin account, go into your Mac via FW Target > Disk Mode and move files where you want them. You may still have to > change ownership on some of those files. Move things through /Users/Shared. -- Clem "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over." - Fudd's first law of opposition
From: Jason S on 13 Jun 2010 01:36 On 2010-06-12 22:24:07 -0400, Mr. Uh Clem said: > Davoud wrote: >> Roger wrote: >> >>> I always heard I should start a secondary account on my MacBook (Snow >>> Leopard) for daily use. So I made an account for myself and use it for >>> everything. >> >> You were ill advised. Most single users require only a single _admin_ >> account to operate their Macs. > > I disagree. The concept of least privileges is a good one, no matter > what your OS. Running as a limited user minimizes the damage that > can be done if you, for example, inadvertently allow a trojan into > your account. It's like the difference between having a fire contained > to one room of your house or having the whole house go. We've taken > it a step further by creating an office account separate from our run > of the mill user accounts. The office account is for doing sensitive > things like taxes and banking. No casual browsing, etc. > >>> But recently I found if I log in to my original admin >>> account, I don't have "access" to my folders in my secondary account. >>> I've tried get info, unlocking, etc., but it still says "you have no >>> access." I also repaired permissions. (The folders in my secondary >>> account have a little round, red symbol with what looks like a white >>> dash or minus sign.) How did this happen? Is it likely to cause any >>> problems? >> >> Sounds like it already has. One solution is to e-mail essential >> documents to yourself and then get the e-mail in the Admin account. Or >> just dump the other account, but save the home folder and if you cannot >> then access it from your admin account, go into your Mac via FW Target >> Disk Mode and move files where you want them. You may still have to >> change ownership on some of those files. > > Move things through /Users/Shared. Completely agree with this guy. Just use the drop box folder to drop files to the admin account or vice versa or whatever. -- Jason
From: Barry Margolin on 13 Jun 2010 01:37 In article <roger-E3E211.21392612062010(a)freenews.netfront.net>, Roger <roger(a)roger.net> wrote: > I always heard I should start a secondary account on my MacBook (Snow > Leopard) for daily use. So I made an account for myself and use it for > everything. But recently I found if I log in to my original admin > account, I don't have "access" to my folders in my secondary account. > I've tried get info, unlocking, etc., but it still says "you have no > access." I also repaired permissions. (The folders in my secondary > account have a little round, red symbol with what looks like a white > dash or minus sign.) How did this happen? Is it likely to cause any > problems? That's normal. By default, the only folder that can be accessed by other accounts is ~/Public. Even admin accounts can't normally override this restriction. (It's possible to get around it from Terminal using sudo.) When I want to copy files to my admin account, I copy it first to my Public folder, switch to the admin account, and then open my Public folder (since this is a pretty common thing, I've put an alias to it in admin's Dock). -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
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