On Mar 7, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Dan wrote: >> Now I'm trying to figure out how to make him administrator so he has access. > > Still not a good idea. > > He needs to logout. Then you login to an administrator account, open System > Preferences, Accounts tab, and select his account. Check the box for admin. > Then can login again.
Actually I'll disagree with Dan here; it works perfectly well to do this while the user is logged in; you have to use the credentials of an current administrator to do so, of course, but once you've done this they can do anything they want. No need to log out or any such stuff...it's not Windows, after all :-) I've done it lots of times (Apple keeps changing the rules for AD accounts; currently admin rights granted via Active Directory settings are only active when actually logged onto the domain; you have to check the 'this user can administer the computer' box in their account settings for it to work when they're not connected, even for so-called 'mobile' accounts.) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
