Password Protection and Seperate user Accounts

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cub - 31 May 2007 02:23 GMT

Hello,
I have a macbook pro 2-2 OSX.4
I am trying to ultimately password protect certain files, folders,
media, and documents.
I have tried the File Vault, and Keychains, but that didnt seem to
work. I need to customize the specific folders to block access to.

Then, I created a seperate account on my comp. and that seems to be
going well. However, there are certain files and media that I would
like to share with all accounts.

How do I customize this sharing process and select or restrict the
files of my choosing? Is that even possible?

I thank you in advance.

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Michael Vilain - 31 May 2007 02:41 GMT

> Hello,
> I have a macbook pro 2-2 OSX.4
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>
> I thank you in advance.

Not using the UNIX permissions built into MacOS X. The only way I know
of "password protecting" a folder is to put stuff you want password
protected into an encrypted, password protected Disk Image file which
you create using Disk Utility.

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Tom Stiller - 31 May 2007 04:03 GMT

> > Hello,
> > I have a macbook pro 2-2 OSX.4
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> protected into an encrypted, password protected Disk Image file which
> you create using Disk Utility.

Access Control Lists (ACLs) should provide the capabilities you need.
See <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10-4.ars/8> for a detailed
discussion.

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Sander Tekelenburg - 31 May 2007 04:28 GMT

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> [...] I am trying to ultimately password protect certain files, folders,
> media, and documents.
> I have tried the File Vault, and Keychains, but that didnt seem to
> work.

How do they not work?

> I need to customize the specific folders to block access to.

Is setting permissions as you want them not good enough? What amount of
blockage do you need?

> Then, I created a seperate account on my comp. and that seems to be
> going well.

Fine. Definitely not "ultimate password protection" though. Anyone
booting your machine from another device can access everything. Not so
with Filevault.

> However, there are certain files and media that I would
> like to share with all accounts.

All local users have access to /Users/Shared/

Network users have access to ~/Public and ~/Sites

But that's just the defaults. You can change any file's permissions as
you please (just don't mess with stuff in /System, /Library and more
such 'special' places, unless you know what you're doing).

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