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10.3: Remove the authentication timeout delay
Authored by: johnsawyercjs on Mar 10, '04 01:46:48AM

What about doing just the opposite--setting the timeout to some very high figure, like 16 hours, for Macs that are NEVER used by anyone else but their owner, and never connected to a network, and used by someone who knows what they're doing and won't trash important System files, etc? Would this allow you to enter your admin password just once a day, the first time the OS wants it that day, and then it won't ask you again all day, to install software, etc? Or is this a bad idea for reasons other than security?



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