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on: July 29, 2007, 00:56
I am looking a solution to temporary restrict what a user can do. Maybe by using an applescript? The scenario is a situation, where it would be socially awkward to say no, for a request to use my mac to check emails or something from the net. I have already gave some thoughts for Kiosk, At Ease and Superlock, but non of those fit the bill well. A good solution for me, would be one click to open a browser and lock everything else, without a need for a password. |
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wove
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Reply #1 on: July 29, 2007, 02:27
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You are not overly clear on exactly what you are trying to protect or prevent. You are just looking to discretely limit access for what a guest can do, without it being readily apparent they are being restricted? Perhaps something along the lines of File Vault from newer OSes would fill the bill. Put your private information into the vault and let them have access to everything else. If you have two drives you could copy to the second drive a system and items you want to be accessible. Boot from that drive and using the disk utility set your primary drive so it does not mount. The another person would boot to a pretty normal setup without being away that other stuff was on a "hidden" drive. Opera can be configured so that anything done during a session is deleted when Opera is quit. Many ISPs have parental controls that allow you to limit the types of material that can be accessed and firewall software can close off ports. There also old Net Nanny type programs that allow one to selectively limit what can be accessed. bill
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Reply #2 on: July 29, 2007, 15:01
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Quote from: "wove" You are not overly clear on exactly what you are trying to protect or prevent. You are just looking to discretely limit access for what a guest can do, without it being readily apparent they are being restricted? In this case the temporary/restricted access means 10 minutes of web browsing only, without a need from my part for being discrete or having password for the user. I work at/from home and sometimes my place is hectic and full of people I hardly know of. If I let someone use a mac to check something from the net, I will not have time to restart it or show how it works. Not to mention stand by the mac. So it would be nice to have only a browser visible, as using a browser is platform independent stuff. (I would of course make the mac open a different browser than the one I am using.) My main goal is to prevent non-mac savvy people to unintentionally messing a mac, causing extra work for me. From a security point of view, they should be more worried typing passwords into an unknown mac, than I need to be for intentional harm from them. I got my basic idea from the way Norton Utilities close all other apps, including Finder, to do its work and in the process of doing so, also hides everything from the desktop. Would it be possible to write an Applescript to do that and open the browser? That would solve my problem. Just one click and only browser would be visible, no Finder, HD`s or Control Strip. That would also help a person who have not used classic mac OS and is very handy with mascara, but not very technically minded, to check her emails faster. Everybody would be happy, and could continue the actual work, which needs her skills with mascara to succeed.
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wove
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Reply #3 on: July 29, 2007, 17:21
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You have the option to "hide others" in the application menu. I have no idea if that is scriptable. However you can write a script that would say hide all open applications and launch a browser and I assume if you launch Netscape, you would be able to set what user profile is active at launch. You can also use AppleScript to quit the Finder (tell application "Finder" to quit). In the speakable items folder (at least in OS 9) you will find a script called "Hide all Applications", which should provide a starting point. There are many excellent sources for prebuilt scripts on web, which can be used as starting points and modified or combined to serve very specific needs. bill
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Reply #4 on: July 29, 2007, 18:01
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Thank you for your help, bill! I think it is now a good time for me to start learning AppleScript, and knowing in advance the project should be doable is great.
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