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From: John Albert on 7 Apr 2010 22:55
Hello all -

I'm going to be setting up a Mac laptop for my sister, who's
never used a computer of any kind before.

I will create the initial (administrative) account for
myself (I won't be using the computer except for getting it
set up and helping her where she needs help), and creating a
second, "ordinary user" (i.e., NON-administrative) account
for her.

In time, though, I'm hoping she will aquire enough skills to
become her own administrator.

Can an ordinary-user account be "upgraded" later on to
administrative privileges, or will I then have to create an
entirely new account for her?

Thanks,
- John
From: nospam on 7 Apr 2010 23:15
In article <4bbd45d7$0$20915$2c56edd9(a)usenetrocket.com>, John Albert
<j.albert(a)snet.net> wrote:

> Can an ordinary-user account be "upgraded" later on to
> administrative privileges, or will I then have to create an
> entirely new account for her?

go to the accounts system preference, pick the user in the list, click
on the box that says allow user to administer this computer.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 8 Apr 2010 00:13
John Albert <j.albert(a)snet.net> wrote:
> Can an ordinary-user account be "upgraded" later on to
> administrative privileges, or will I then have to create an
> entirely new account for her?

Yes, but it would be better to keep her everyday account as a
non-admin accoumt, and make a separate admin account for her to use when
she needs to. One's primaray user account should not be an admin
account. Running all the time in an admin account is an unnecessary
security risk.

She'll quickly find out that she will rarely if ever need to actually
log in to the admin account. Nearly all admin and even root tasks can
be done from her non-admin account, simply by entering the admin
username and password when prompted. I do admin and root tasks this way
all the time. It has been months since I actually logged in to the
admin account.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.
From: Barry Margolin on 8 Apr 2010 00:15
In article <4bbd45d7$0$20915$2c56edd9(a)usenetrocket.com>,
John Albert <j.albert(a)snet.net> wrote:

> Hello all -
>
> I'm going to be setting up a Mac laptop for my sister, who's
> never used a computer of any kind before.
>
> I will create the initial (administrative) account for
> myself (I won't be using the computer except for getting it
> set up and helping her where she needs help), and creating a
> second, "ordinary user" (i.e., NON-administrative) account
> for her.
>
> In time, though, I'm hoping she will aquire enough skills to
> become her own administrator.
>
> Can an ordinary-user account be "upgraded" later on to
> administrative privileges, or will I then have to create an
> entirely new account for her?

Why not create a separate account called "Administrator"? Use this for
your initial setup, and when she's ready teach her how to switch to it
when she wants to do administrative tasks.

--
Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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From: Jolly Roger on 8 Apr 2010 00:44
In article
<barmar-4F01D4.00155608042010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> In article <4bbd45d7$0$20915$2c56edd9(a)usenetrocket.com>,
> John Albert <j.albert(a)snet.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello all -
> >
> > I'm going to be setting up a Mac laptop for my sister, who's
> > never used a computer of any kind before.
> >
> > I will create the initial (administrative) account for
> > myself (I won't be using the computer except for getting it
> > set up and helping her where she needs help), and creating a
> > second, "ordinary user" (i.e., NON-administrative) account
> > for her.
> >
> > In time, though, I'm hoping she will aquire enough skills to
> > become her own administrator.
> >
> > Can an ordinary-user account be "upgraded" later on to
> > administrative privileges, or will I then have to create an
> > entirely new account for her?
>
> Why not create a separate account called "Administrator"? Use this for
> your initial setup, and when she's ready teach her how to switch to it
> when she wants to do administrative tasks.

That's exactly what i do for all of my family members.

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