![]() ![]() With 10.6 and now 10.7 the following Preference Panes are locked by default. Nor do you want to give users admin rights in a large business / university. Often the panes can’t be controlled to the exact level you may want via MCX (Local or Managed) or defaults write / plists. ![]() An example by Apple was Allowing non-admin users to change the time zone setting – (Note this still works under Lion, tested on 10.7.4). It can also be used in the reverse to lock down panes you don’t want users messing with. It’s used by some of us Mac Sys Admin’s to give Standard Users access to System Prefs panes that only admins could otherwise unlock. The /etc/authorization file in Mac OS X / 10.x can be used to control access to the various panes of the System Preferences amongst other things. ![]()
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