I have a question about multiple administrative accounts on the same computer.

Let's say there are two users of the same computer. Each has his/her own separate admin account so they can log in under their own account. When you perform certain housekeeping functions on this computer like software updates, safari reset, cleaning up cache and cookies, virus scans and Time Machine backups, do you have to perform all of these functions for each admin account?

JazzmanJohn wrote:
do you have to perform all of these functions for each admin account?
software updates, virus scans and Time Machine backups - No
Although deleting a virus infeced file in another admin account will present a small problem.
safari reset, cleaning up cache and cookies, - Yes
These things are stored in each user account, thus must be cleaned in each user account.
For instance if you want to reset Safari or clean it's caches that will have to be done in each user account.
Doing it for one doesn't do it for other accounts.
However system cache cleaning and using some softwares to clean browser caches may use Sudo or "root" priviledges to access all accounts and OS X.
For instance, you can try to see if OnyX will clean all the Safari accounts caches at once, but I doubt it will actually reset Safari in all accounts, might not get the cookies neither.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
Thing to keep in mind is, altought your Admin, your not Root. Only root has complete access to all files.
Admin can use SUDO, which is a timed window of root access. Safari doesn't use SUDO, it's designed to function only in the account it's running in.
So to reset Safari, it will have to be done from within that account, unless you know where the files are to be deleted, then you can use SUDO in Terminal.

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