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From: Kathy Morgan on 31 Jan 2010 22:56 nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <1jd6ucg.10msab9b4cevzN%kmorgan(a)spamcop.net>, Kathy Morgan > <kmorgan(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > > > Now we're right back where I started with this. The built-in guest > > account is perfect for the adult users. What I really want is to be > > able to duplicate it and restrict Internet access for a child guest > > account. > > ok, that would need more than just the basic guest account. you could > have a separate protected child account and manually reset things > yourself every night or whatever is appropriate. Yes, if I'm not able to duplicate the Guest account and then further restrict the duplicate for child use, that's probably what I'll do--although if I can figure out a way to automate it that will be even better. -- Kathy
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 31 Jan 2010 23:04 Kathy Morgan <kmorgan(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > Hmmm...I see Apple makes available a free fully functional evaluation > copy, so I could actually try it to see for myself how difficult or easy > it is to administer and what kind of experience a guest user would have. > Thanks for the suggestion; I will check it out. You don't need to buy OS X Server to get Workgroup Manager. Workgroup Manager can be downloaded for free from Apple and it works fine on the standard version of OS X. Snow Leopard version: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Server_Admin_Tools_10_6 Leopard version: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Server_Admin_Tools_10_5_7 -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Daniel Cohen on 1 Feb 2010 02:38 nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <1jd6hxx.djd8kbskzemeN%dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net>, Daniel > Cohen <dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the suggestions. It's not so much a concern about having the > > > > HD filled up as it is a concern that a user would be totally stupid and > > > > manage to infect the Mac with one of the few viruses out there > > > > > > there aren't any viruses, and without the admin password, they can't do > > > anything to the rest of the machine. > > > > There are trojans, and given that Kathy is concerned anout a user being > > "totally stupid", she can't ignore the possibility of downlading a > > trojan. > > doesn't matter. the worst that can happen is it will trash the guest > account, which is cleaned up anyway when the guest logs out. That's true of the basic Guest account, but she is talking about having an additional account that is somewhat like a Guest account. It would need to be a managed account, and that would not by default be cleaned up on a log out. -- <http://www.decohen.com> Send e-mail to the Reply-To address. Mail to the From address is never read.
From: Kathy Morgan on 1 Feb 2010 03:12 Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > You don't need to buy OS X Server to get Workgroup Manager. Workgroup > Manager can be downloaded for free from Apple and it works fine on the > standard version of OS X. > > Snow Leopard version: > http://support.apple.com/downloads/Server_Admin_Tools_10_6 Thanks. I'm waiting for the download to finish now. -- Kathy
From: Jolly Roger on 1 Feb 2010 09:24
In article <0011c924$0$2285$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Kathy Morgan wrote: > > > Hmmm...I see Apple makes available a free fully functional evaluation > > copy, so I could actually try it to see for myself how difficult or easy > > it is to administer and what kind of experience a guest user would have. > > Thanks for the suggestion; I will check it out. > > Goto Itunes Store, search for Podcasts from Apple. There is a series of > podcasts about managing Xserve, and some of them are about > creating/securing users with the workgroup manager. I haven't been able to find the ones you are referring to yet. A direct link would be lovely. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |