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Create 'managed' admin users
/etc/authorization allows you to give non-admin users the ability to do things, like install things into the "admin" areas like /Applications and /Network, in addition to much much more.
More on /etc/authorization?
This is really interesting, and I was totally unaware of the /etc/authorization file. Looking at the file, it's in a .plist format, though it doesn't have the extension.
More on /etc/authorization?
I don't know if I would call it a good resource, but you can find out more information at: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/authorization_concepts/index.html It is more of a programmer's resource for adding support to your application (for example we used it in Interarchy to allow administrators to limit access to the network traffic watching facility), but I haven't seen much else around, so perhaps this is as good as it get.
Create 'managed' admin users
Thanks, Joel, for pointing this out. I had no idea that this existed either. I agree that it makes more sense to add privileges to a normal user than to demote an admin. Glad to see that there is an alternative. This is exactly what I was angling for with this hint... some expert advice! |
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