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Allow users to update certain applications
I am the admin for my company's Mac users. Apps that I initially installed, such as Adobe apps, MS Office, Firefox, etc., all require an admin password to install updates. In order to avoid the snide ...
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How can I restrict access to certain Preference Panes?
Several of the preference panes on my Mac at work have are translucent and when I hover over them I get the following message:
Your system administrator has not given you access to this preference ...
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Add admin username & password to the keychain
How can the admin's username password, be remembered or added it to the keychain so these annoying prompts would be less frequent?
The app referenced here (Anvil) is not relevant.
I'm looking for a ...
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How to protect my Mac from reseting the admin password
Yesterday I was studying and writing some texts in german. I closed my MBP and went watch some TV which made me forget about the german keyboard layout.
When I came back, my password wasn't being ...
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System Preferences lock always unlocks itself after restart
The Mac's System Preferences panels have a universal "lock" icon which, when locked, will apply to all panes, therefore preventing the user from changing any settings until they unlock the System ...
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Can McAfee run on non-admin users without prompting for admin access?
i am facing a issue in one of my macbookPro which is integrated into a windows environment. i have McAfee installed its asking for administrator credential every time another user login in(who does ...
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How to change the Admin password from blank on OS X Lion?
I bought this Mac several months ago, and when it first installed by the people in the Apple store, they set the password to blank.
At first it was ok, but now I can't install any programs because ...
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Why are there folders in /Users of already deleted users?
Some time ago I had a user called "xy" on my system. I have deleted the user but in the /Users directory there are folders called "xy" with a Desktop, Library etc. in it.
Why are they not deleted ...
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Turn on automatic update
I'd like my Mac OS X machine to automatically install updates for any software where it can, with no interaction from me.
System updates, updates to applications, security patches -- I want them all. ...
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How to have the Active Directory domain groups stick around for a managed admin account when being mobile?
My work laptop is bound to my office's AD server. In the Directory Utility, where the AD server binding is configured, the "Allow administration by" checkbox is checked and, beyond the default "domain ...
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Inherited Mac Mini. Don't have admin info
My Father died last year and I inherited his Mac Mini. My wife has retired and we are trying to set up the mini for her use but the changes we want to make require admin access and we do not have the ...
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Remove Little Snitch via script
I want to be able to uninstall Little Snitch over Apple Remote Desktop. I came across the script below here: http://fromtheadmin.com/kill-and-remove-little-snitch-application-via-ard-script/
However ...
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Are there any security vulnerabilities that would allow an attacker to change the admin password?
A good friend of mine woke up one day to discover that someone had changed the admin password on his mac. It seems the same attacker also broke into his Yahoo email. Assuming he was on an unsecured ...
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Little snitch and different network profiles
Is there any way to have different "little snitch" rules set for different networking profiles ?
like for HOME one rule list
for WORK another etc ...
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Install as non-admin user when the installer requires admin permissions
I need to run an app that uses Adobe Air, but the installer for Adobe Air requires admin permissions. On general security principles, I limit what gets installed as admin user, and Adobe has a bad ...
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Is there a way to hide a user's home folder from other users seeing that it even exists?
I want to hide a user folder from any other users from seeing. The user should still be able to log in through the login window using their username and password.
Is this possible?
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How can I make a flash drive with a portable app that runs without admin permission?
I'd like to have a flash drive with my common programs on it. That, combined with SkyDrive, allows me to be productive anywhere.
Unfortunately, I can't do this on Macs that don't give me admin ...
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Check a Mac partition's installed OS
I'm managing a lot of Macs and each machines has several partitions with different OS versions.
I would like to create a script that I could run to do an inventory of all partitions of all machines ...
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Stopping LaunchAgents and Daemons
I work as admin in a college environment. One of the challenges is to stop the services installed by students with CS major. Some time back they got the admin access and installed launch agents and ...
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OS X Lion: How to disable RPC?
Remote procedure calls are considered to be a security risk. Is there a way for me to disable RPCs on OS X to make my Mac more secure?
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How can I require a user to change their password?
I created a new account on a machine and gave it a default password but I want to ensure the user changes the password when they log into it for the first time. It's just a laptop with nothing special ...
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How do I stop .dmgs from automatically mounting?
I'm trying to find the best means of stopping dmg files mounting in OS X 10.6. I was shown a system where 'no mountable filesystem,' would pop up whenever a user tried to mount a dmg but I can't ...
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User rights of a super user and the administrator
I'm used to "classic" unixoid user right system with a machine running a normal user, as main account, and a super user (or root account), just for maintenance or configuration purposes.
Then I was ...
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Resources for a Mac-only office
What are some good resources about running a small office (25 or so computers) with Mac computers only (though perhaps with a Windows or Linux/Unix file server)?
In other words, what information and ...
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How to create new mysql user/db in Mac OS X?
Can any one please let me know how to create new user and new db in MySQL? How to use mysqladmin in Mac OS X?
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Default installation folder
I am unhappy with the inherent insecurity of having to type in my system.install.root.user password when installing some applications.
I realize this is necessary to install to the system wide ...
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Do I need to have system administrator permissions to install from the Mac App Store?
Where does the Mac App Store install its applications to? Is this a system-wide location, or somewhere inside my Home directory? Is it possible to use the App Store on machines where I am not a System ...
