A secure Mac that can also work out when security is not the issue?
Hi all,
Entering new territory here, and would like some advice if anyone can offer any, please?
Have had open network between 3 Macs & a Tosh for a while now. Each machine has read/write access to pretty well everything else. Only the iBook has login with password enabled at startup as it's the most likely to get taken (as well as the Tosh, but it's out of the picture with this request). Each Mac also has network connections with the Cube, which has a shared iTunes library on a Firewire ext HDD for all Macs, so this ext HDD is mounted on the desktop of any iTunes sharing machine on the network.
I use iRooster as an alarm on my Cube (my head was welded to my pillow as a child), which happily wakes the Cube from sleep to blast nice sounds Monday to Friday.
Now, I need to keep access to the data on the Cube more secure (ideally by using user accounts, but I'm open to suggestion). However, It seems to me that if I enable a login password to open the Cube, I'm gonna hafta get up before my iRooster alarm sounds, so that I can login to the Cube, and allow startup of applications (which I don't presently have as startup items in any way).
Am I asking too much of my beautiful OSX, or has somebody done anything similar?
Many thanks,
Matt
G4 Cube 1GB RAM/G3 iBook 640MB RAM; AirPort Express/G3 iMac Rev B 640MB RAM/iPod Mac OS X (10.4.5) iMac OSX 10.2.8 Toshiba TE2000 XP SP2
G4 Cube 1GB RAM/G3 iBook 640MB RAM; AirPort Express/G3 iMac Rev B 640MB RAM/iPod Mac OS X (10.4.8) iMac OSX 10.2.8 Toshiba TE2000 XP SP2
Thanks Joe,
That seems sound advice. Just check & adjust read/write permissions to Cube data from iMac, iBook & Tosh to keep network secure...?
G4 Cube 1GB RAM/G3 iBook 640MB RAM; AirPort Express/G3 iMac Rev B 640MB RAM/iPod Mac OS X (10.4.5) iMac OSX 10.2.8 Toshiba TE2000 XP SP2
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