Can i set different energy saving preferences for different accounts?

Question

Hi,
I have bought an Mbox for my iMac. Its instructions for installation include disabling the energy saving features in Preferences.
However, I also want to use the machine for many other purposes and would prefer to have energy saving activated.
I set up a new account but it seems that energy saving preferences can't be different between different users on the machine? Is that true?
I have tried unlocking and locking after making the change and switching between accounts (both admin accounts at present)
imac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   c2d, 2GB
imac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Answer 1

Niel,
When i entered the syntax exactly as you recommended, and as provided as example code within the general commands manual for PMSET ie
do shell script pmset - a displaysleep 0 disksleep 0 sleep 0 password
"password" with administrator privileges
I got a syntax error "A identifier can't go after this identifier." and it highlighted [-a displaysleep]
By inserting carriage returns to spread the command over lines, and adding brackets around the minutes, I got increasing acceptance of the script, up to the following point
do shell script pmset - a
displaysleep(0)
disksleep(0)
sleep(0)
password
"password" with administrator
privileges
at which point it said "The variable pmset is not defined."
Can you suggest where I am getting stuck? Is something missing?
Late news: A friend of mine found script on line which seemed to suggest that the following would be the format
do shell script ("pmset displaysleep 0 disksleep 0 sleep 0") password "my password"
with administrator privileges
However, when i try to compile or run that it says:
Expected “timeout” or “transaction” but found identifier
and it highlights the word [administrator]
If you can see where i am going wrong I'd love to hear from you.
david