[X4U] Leopard Password

[Mary C. Youra]

On Jan 5, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Robert Ashton wrote:

> Personally I recommend against using an admin account for day to  
> day usage as it leaves you more vulnerable in the event a virus/ 
> trojan/whatever for Leopard was actually written.
>
> Create a second account and give it admin privs . . . then remove  
> the admin rights from your normal, everyday account.
>
> When you need to do something that requires admin rights . . . even  
> though you're logged in with your normal account just use the admin  
> name/password in the authentication dialog and things will work  
> perfectly . . . no need to log out/in with the admin account.


This seems like a very sensible approach. Does it work for Tiger (and  
other pre-Leopard OS X's), also?
Thank you.