Lion Parental Controls

Hey I got lion a few months ago and my dad has parental controls set up n my computer and 7/10 time when i go to a website it gives me this message "webprocess attempted to access a secure website" then the url of the website and Parental Controls restricts access to secure websites. To add this website to your approved list, click Add Website. To do this, you need an administrator password. But then it still allows me to go to the website. So right now its just really annoying. Does anyone know what to do to fix this?

Nobody? Looks like we are stuck with this then. Nice one Apple, why can't you leave stuff alone if it works?

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This is driving me and my son mad. Since "upgrading" to Lion from SL every time he visits a site that uses https an alert box appears saying it needs to be added to Parental Controls, or you click OK to continue. Is there any way to return to the SL way of doing things?
Thanks in advance.

Nobody? Looks like we are stuck with this then. Nice one Apple, why can't you leave stuff alone if it works?

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Lion parental controls has AT LEAST one bug. I limit the access time to my daughter. Then it expires. I try to increase, but since they are logged in, it won't update. So they are in limbo. Next, as admin, I try to FORCE logout of their account but this is not a supported feature. So, we rebooted. But after reboot, account is still locked out. Only solution is to remove parental controls. GEESH! This is ridiculous. So, tell me, exactly what is the workaround for increasing time for an account?

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If you optionally don't want yourself to be under this umbrella you simpley have to change the DNS server IP on your computer to whatever the router IP is (ie. 192.168.1.1) or use someone elses like googles at 8.8.8.8.

Safari has stopped working properly since upgrading to Mountain Lion. Have parental controls in place and it will not add websites. Also short cuts at top of tabs now all messed up!

Since upgrading to mountain lion the other day (from lion) safari has not been working properly. I have parental controls in place but seem unable to add new web pages to allowed list - wasn't expecting to have to anyway - these are webpages that were working perfectly well on safari prior to upgrade. Also the shortcuts above the tabs on safari are all now messed up.
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Parental Controls bug in Mountain Lion 10.8.2

For years I've used Parental Controls, not to restrict my daughter's web content, but to limit her time on the computer. But tonight I upgraded Mountain Lion from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 and something broke.
Suddenly every secure web page she tries to access (to include google, gmail, amazon, etc.) fails. It says "Parental controls restricts access to secure websites".
A little hunting around turned up the following Apple Knowledge Base article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2900 that says "https note: For websites that use SSL encryption (the URL will usually begin with https), the Internet content filter is unable to examine the encrypted content of the page. For this reason, encrypted websites must be explicitly allowed using the Always Allow list. Encrypted websites that are not on the Always Allow list will be blocked by the automatic Internet content filter."
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I also tried going into Parental Controls, turning ON web site filtering, going into Custom, and adding in approved secure web sites (google, etc.) Even *that* did not work.
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Same problem here. Apple seems to be neglecting the parental controls. First, they broke X11: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/ticket/439. 10.8.1 didn't address that problem. Not only does 10.8.2 not address the X11 bug, it actually breaks secure web browsing!
Just to add a little more information, secure browsing on Safari seems to work OK for me once authorized. However, neither Firefox nor Chrome work with any secure site even after they have been authorized. Unfortunately, my daughter's school site is secure and it doesn't work on Safari so her Mac is useless for school now.
Looks like I'll have to restore using Time Machine and not update again until I know this has been addressed.
Apple, I'm not impressed.
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Parental controls a disaster under Lion

Since installing Lion, my son's managed account has been a disaster. I use Parental Controls to automatically filter web content. This has always worked well in the past. When he encountered a site that was questionable, Snow Leopard asked for my credentials to add it to the approved white list. This includes all secured (https://) web sites, which Parental Controls consistently and intentionally blocks, because the browser/OS can't appropriately filter for content on secured connections.
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I've blocked cookies from most sites in the Safari preferences. I've installed the Ghostery extension to block most of the "secret" marketing related traffic affiliated with most web pages. (I swear, if most people saw how many third-party companies track their private Internet browsing, they'd probably suffer anxiety attacks and never use the Internet again.) The problem seems a little better, but still isn't totally gone.
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My son is just 14 and he has reached the age where it is vital that there are limitations on his use . The biggest neede for control over a` Spanish social site Tuenti which he received **** from a so called friend which rekindled the need for control and particular to block this site.
Has anyone found a solution to this loop of permissions in the past I set it added approved sites probable about 20 of them then forgot about it .
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Have parental controls gone mad in Mountain Lion?

I have two children each with separate accounts, for 2 years the settings have been to automatically restrict web sites according to the content rules set by Apple. Its worked brilliantly with nominal customization! Fab - Until Moutain Lion.
The settings I think remain the same. However, every website the kids try to use through Chrome or Safari puts a block on it asking for an administrator password as the computer is trying to access a secure website which is restricted. - I didn't restrict it (I don't think) so how can I stop it happening.
It is also happening with other applications such as Skype.
The web has become unusable for ordinary school work for both children, I need to resolve this without turning off parental controls - can anyone help please?

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I'm having problems with the parental control in the new Lion oppgrade. Regard how much time my kids have left, the time dissapears if they log off. Anyone else having these problems or having suggestions for solving the issues?

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Did parental controls get more strict in Lion?

We have the kid's computer set to block inappropriate sites.
In the previous version, if we'd allow a website such as "www.quizlet.com", it would work right away.   But now in Lion, when going to that website, the panel will come up listing a bunch of other sites that are blocked.   I think some of them are ad sites, not sure though.   Seems to block a lot of sites that start with htps also.
These parental controls are so much more annoying that the previous version!   Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

Fellow frustrated parents:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Fill in the form with your info and specs and use this text as the complaint:
Parental controls is exhibiting some odd behavior on a managed account with parental controls (MAwPC) set to limit the amount of time the user can enjoy:
1) Remaining time decreases at double or triple speed
2) Adding time (when the notification window indicates 15, 10 or 5 minutes remaining) results in sending the managed user to the login screen. The user has to login again and an admin has to re-enter time and password repetitiously. This then loops back to the login screen. A hard reset of the Mac is required to end the loop.
3) A MAwPC user decides to return to the login screen before his/her time limit has expired will result in:
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  b) Time will continue to count down as if the MAwPC was still actively logged in
4) Adding "Rest of Day" sometimes stops the login loop but is not a feasible solution and is not 100% guaranteed to work.
5) The verbal "Logout in 15 minutes" will play once, then a few seconds later, play again.
6) If a MAwPC clicks on the time in the status bar it will sometimes indicate time remaining as negative, e.g., -:15, or double-negative, e.g., -1:-15 -- very odd.
As Mac users with many kids/grandkids using macs in the house, the limited features of parental controls already left me wanting for more finesse. Now in Lion the feature set is completely broken.
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Connecting to Http Proxy on Lion under parental controls

Hello.
Ive been looking for a couple of days for a fix for this. The issue im having is running parental controls on an account (any settings enabled/disabled, even with no web access permissions) and using a proxy (http, https, ftp) to connect to the internet. Connected as a standard/administrator user I can connect to the internet fine, but as soon as parental controls are enabled i cannot. I can't even connect to a local address without an error in the browser.
I have tried this on multiple lion computers with the same outcome.
The error im getting is:
Chrome: is no data received, no server data was sent.Error 324
Firefox is the default connection was reset error
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And external programs don't seem to work.
The computer is 100% uptodate.

Parental controls use an internal proxy which ignores the proxy set in Network Preference. By making the internal proxy non-executable to the user with parental controls request can be passed to the external proxy.
You can run the following command from Apple Remote Desktop as root (or locally with sudo).
chmod a-x /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyControls.framework/Versions/A/Resources/webfilterctl
Note: This also works in 10.8 which has the same problem.

Did Mountain Lion 10.8.4 broke parental controls again

After update to 10.8.4, parental controls broke again. Any account with parental controls enabled is not able to access youtube and other https sites. Web restriction was set to "allow unrestricted access". I use parental controls to set time limits for my kids. I've tested creating new accounts and the same problem occured. The same thing happened when we upgrade to Mountain Lion initially but was fixed after 10.8.2.
This is frustrating. After many good years with OSX from tiger.. the recent updates have not been the best experience.

Thanks for your response.
To elaborate, the iMac was already on Mountain Lion 10.8.2. After the recent update to 10.8.4, something within the parental controls broke. Current users as well as new accounts with parental controls turn on will not be able to connect to youtube. Once I turn parental controls off, the users were able to access youtube again. This applies to safari, firefox and chrome.
I've tried various things settings in parental controls but it seems that as long as it is on, the same problem occured.
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Hello. I'm an old time Mac user, many Macs, many years - but have not yet left Snow Leopard, and don't have mobile devices other than laptops and iPods.
Here's my question: my neice and her hubby want to transition to Mac from Windows. They do have iPhones and iPod Touch. They also have children. They want to buy a new iMac for the family. So...they want to know about parental controls given that a). they will set up accounts for the kids on the iMac; b). they want parental controls for the Mac as well as iCloud access, and c). the kids' iPods will likely access the Cloud.
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Try starting up in Safe Mode (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455)
and see if the issue persists. If the issue goes away, then something
is getting loaded that is causing the problem that is not part of OSX itself.
Then need to remove the installed apps one by one until the culprit is
found.
If the issue still persists in safe mode, then it could be that your hard
drive may be corrupted and you may need to reinstall OSX or maybe
even reformat and reinstall.
As far as the mouse, I agree it may be a setting in or just a matter
of getting used to the mouse.

Why do Lion's Parental Controls have problems?

When I try to open a restricted application on my iMac, it says you aren't allowed to open it, but it keeps on bouncing. Can someone tell me why?

hynt20 wrote:
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The account is saying that I can login at 12am, this was at 7pm. When we try to login, it also says the allocated time has expired.
This is wacky.
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Parental control problem on m-lion

I have an account with parental controls enabled (managed acocunt) and on most occassion, access to all outgoing http requests using this account are blocked, either through a browser, curl or any other client. This error appears in the system log:
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Yes, I have also tried it with unrestricted access and the problem persists. Goole: webfilterproxyd: **** ERROR: accept(): Too many open files, perhaps the connection was blocked by seatbelt and note that I am not the only person experiencing this issue. But I have not found a resolution.
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