10.6.4 set a password ?
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From: Chris Ridd on 24 Jul 2010 15:59 On 2010-07-24 20:33:59 +0100, Howard said: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: >>> Paul Womar <{$PW$}@womar.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ok this morning I logged into the Guest Account I created. I set the >>>>> password as nothing to make it easier. >>>> >>>>> I could open ALL folders including admin folders and all of my own >>>>> very >>>>> personal files within that folder.... in fact I could open >>>>> EVERYthing........ >>>> >>>> Is the box ticked to "Allow user to administer this computer" ? >>> >>> No. >> >> This is a bit weird. >> >> Where are all your personal folders? If they're not in your home folder >> then other accounts may be able to see them (though they shouldn't be >> able to open them). >> > > In MacHD/Users/Admin > > I thought these would be inaccessible .. It depends absolutely on the permissions set on the directories and files. There's nothing "magic" about the different user accounts which makes them inaccessible (or not!) to each other. OS X seems to make everyone's home directory readable and accessible (but not writable) to everyone. This allows the Public and Sites folders to be accessed. All the other files and folders in people's home directories should then be inaccessible to other users. This is partly defined by their "umask", which is editable using the free TinkerTool. Now all this might vary somewhat depending on which OS X release the accounts were created in, as Apple's policy has changed over time. But you can safely make things inside your home directory unreadable by other users. Something like Batchmod is probably your best bet if you're not overly comfortable with this stuff. -- Chris |