[X4U] Advice sought on a Mac book for an elderly beginner-level user.

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Don't get me wrong - I'd LOVE to do that, and more than likely the
really non-technical, resistant to learning type users would never
need to exceed the bounds of such a locked down account. But do you
think I can get away with it? Heh.

Cheers,
 Jamie Kahn Genet

2008/5/4 Daly Jessup <jessup at san.rr.com>:
>
> > Thinking on this again it occurs to me you may have confused what I
> > said. _I_ am the admin user. They are of course standard users. No way
> > am I giving clueless users admin accounts. But unless it's really a
> > kid you can't lock adults - even clueless ones - out of too much on
> > their own computer. They start to realise what's happening and don't
> > like it (however useful it may be).
> >
>
>  Maybe I'm not being clear. Yes, you are admin. As admin, you can create an
> account for someone else and deny that account admin privileges. Then, still
> logged in as yourself, go to System Prefs, Accounts, and select that
> non-admin account you made.  Go to the Parental Controls tab.  You can
> configure controls for several major applications, including Finder and
> System. If you check Finder and System, then choose its Configure button,
> you get a window where you can choose Simple Finder.  Then you get a list of
> Applications, utilities, and other things that you can allow or disallow to
> that non-admin user.
>
>  Just to test this, I just created an account whose ONLY privilege was to
> run Address Book. I logged into that user, and boy, was it simple! One
> application. Only two menu items. You really do have HUGE control over what
> people can do in their accounts.
>
>  Now, if you are trying to do this AND keep it secret from them, that's an
> interesting exercise, but by choosing which applications to enable, you
> could certainly make it a lot more error proof.
>
>
>
>  Daly
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