[X-Newbies] Restricting Access to Data on External HD

[John Kiss]

Tony,

My needs were very simple and my solution worked. I'm not the unix  
guru but I know that to add a group you need to use the NetInfo  
Manager application hiding in the Utilities folder in the  
Applications folder.

I just opened it and noticed that there is already a group in the  
'groups' column called 'admin'. In my case, the admin group is made  
up of the root user and me - both us us have admin capabilities. I  
would anticipate that in your admin group all your admins would be  
listed. If so, and if you want all admins to access your external  
drive, try to simply select the 'admin' group in the Group popup in  
external disk Info window.

If the admin group does not suit your needs, it looks like you're  
able to create your own group and then add the users. I've never done  
this myself so I'm not sure how to go about doing this correctly.  
More reading is definitely required. Take a look at this site:   
http://www.apple.com/server/pdfs/UnderstandingUsingNetInfo.pdf

Good luck and happy reading,
Joh

On Jul 9, 2005, at 9:22 AM, Tony Johansen wrote:

> I can't yet figure how to make a 'group' to include all of my admin  
> accounts
> but nobody else's (wife and 5 kids) I fear that might require  
> 'root' which
> is a scary place I have never been.
>
> Suggestions for creating a group, or putting all my accounts into an
> existing group?
>