[G4] access privileges

[James Asherman]

On Apr 21, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Alex wrote:

> n Apr 21, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Roxylee wrote:
>
>> I am the computer's administrator and the kids have managed accounts, 
>> yet their folders are locked when I try to access them from my 
>> account.
>
> That's as it should be, you nosy parker! You have the rights to 
> administer the computer (e.g., install new software), not to peek in 
> their private stuff. Only the root account has access everywhere.
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> OK. If you really want to peek, assuming you have their logins and 
> passwords, I suggest su in Terminal (man su for details). Su allows to 
> authenticate yourself as another user to the system. Alternatively, 
> you can use sudo (which authenticates yourself as root). For instance, 
> to get a listing of the contents of the Documents folder
>
> sudo ls -al /Users/<kid's account>/Documents/
>
> Or you can enable the root account, and log in as root. However, 
> enabling and logging in as root is risky securitywise, so I shouldn't 
> advocate it.
>
>

Alternatively you could do what I have done. I am the Daddy.
  I assign the passwords.
Then you can just log on as them if you want to delete a game or 
something.
Jim