Re: Sys Prefs Lock

In article <1jz75hs.4x6lcm1r6babdN%dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Empson) wrote:

dorayme <dorayme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <20110403234331.55491536@Mint10>,
Paul Sture <paul.nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:46:37 +1300
dempson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Empson) wrote:

The remaining locks in System Preferences start out in different
states for admin account (unlocked) and standard accounts (locked),
and retain their state even if you quit and relaunch System
Preferences. Logging out and back in again (or restarting) will
restore the default state.

The key here is that your current settings persist until the next
logout (which of course a restart implies).

What would be the reason for sys prefs to change for a user
because he logs out and back in?

Because the lock/unlock setting for most of System Preferences is
retained in memory, and that memory is discarded when you log out.

The lock/unlock state is not written to a file, so it is not retained
over logout/login.


OK, this is quite a surprise to me. Would have thought locking
was a serious intention to stop anyone stealing the bike, as it
were; that you could leave and log off and whatever and feel
nothing is going to mess with them.

The only reason I can think of why Apple did this is that your account
type might change while you are logged out (if another administrator was
logged in), but that could be addressed by having a preference in a file
which was only significant for admin users, not standard users.

In effect, Apple is forcing admin users to have most of System
Preferences unlocked most of the time. If you deliberately activate the
lock, that is only retained temporarily.

If you don't like having System Preferences unlocked by default because
other people might have access to the computer, then you shouldn't be
logging in as an administrator, but as a standard user.

I guess I have been slack in this. I suppose I better look at
this business and reconfigure things. What a drag! Thanks for
your information.

--
dorayme
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