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Srb - 07 May 2004 23:17 GMT

Hello,
I set up an OSX (10.2.8) machine with multiple user accounts and
assigned administrative privileges only to my account. Where can I
find the IE 5.2 cache history and favorites list for any of the other
users? Will admin/owner have access to cache, favorites & cookies
files/folders? Thanks for the help.

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Mickey Stevens - 08 May 2004 00:26 GMT

On 5/7/04 5:17 PM, in article
c0dbc947.0405071417.554a6468@posting.google.com, "Srb"
<sankar-baruah@uiowa.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> I set up an OSX (10.2.8) machine with multiple user accounts and
> assigned administrative privileges only to my account. Where can I
> find the IE 5.2 cache history and favorites list for any of the other
> users?

Look within the individual users' home folders, namely:
HD/Users/<Whichever User>/Library/Preferences/Explorer/
HD/Users/<Whichever User>/Library/Caches/MS Internet Cache/

> Will admin/owner have access to cache, favorites & cookies
> files/folders? Thanks for the help.

No, not by default, as far as I know. The user can make certain files
available to you by placing them in the "Public" folder.

By logging in as the root user, you can access all files on your machine.
It's best not to use the root account regularly, though, as it offers you
nearly unlimited privileges that might compromise the security of your
machine.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290>

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