Hi David (& Bob!) I set up separate user accounts for some different activities - Geneology, Music, General - it seemed like a good idea at the time!! (I think spaces in leopard is really what I want) - anyway, as Bob says, it is a bit of a pain when moving stuff around - but I generally manage!
Firstly, you will need to be logged on with user privileges. Then, from memory, find the relevant folders in, say, your son's user account eg: users/userA/Desktop - it will have a red "no entry" on the folder icon and you wont be able to browse the contents and if you "get info" it will show that you have "no access". However, if you click the lock icon next to owner you can change the owner to yourself (you will probably be asked for your admin password) - then you can browse copy etc - the only thing is... Don't forget to change the ownership BACK when you've finished - otherwise the real user will have problems accessing his folder! You may have to repeat the exercise on lower level folders if they don't show up as giving you sufficient access - remember to keep track of anything you change so you can change it back! Hope that helps Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/6/07 3:20 PM, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 22/06/2007, at 12:23 PM, David and Fleur Knowles wrote: > >> Thanks for letting me join the WAMUG Group, I look forward to the >> dialogues. >> >> >> Can anyone please let me know how I can unlock and access the desktop >> material, or folders from another account (say my son's) in Users, >> without >> having to login as another user? I wish to copy across material to >> the >> current users folders, such as stuff saved on to the desktop. >> >> G5/OSX 10.4.10/1.8GHz/1.25RAM >> >> Kind regards >> David Knowles > > Hi David , > > No other mail on the list so I assume you still need to work this out . > > The whole point of individual users is to keep the users separate > and SECRET > and it IS a real pain when you want to do what you are asking about . > > I have not had to worry about that function but here are some ideas > > 1 What happens if you drag the required file over the top of the > 2nd users Desktop folder on the index ? > Do you get asked for a password ... > if so you can sort out which password will let you copy the file . > > 2 You could turn on " personal file sharing " in Preferences - > Sharing . > > For information on " how to " > From the Finder Go to Help .... Mac Help > and type in " sharing " > > It will give you a heap of information on what your options are > > Good luck > > Bob > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
