Parental controls can only be applied to a standard account. Using a standard account will not allow you to run software update without an administrative username and password.
Jim On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Bill Spencer <wspen...@jhu.edu> wrote: > On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:26:00 PM UTC-5, Dan wrote: > In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do > anything, of course. > > But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do > things with group IDs or even with access control lists... > > > > > The hope is to be able to keep parental controls in place but allow > software-update-type actions. Bill > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist