Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

Security

Synopsis

Delete a file, making it nearly impossible to be recovered?

Finder→Secure Empty Trash

Warning

You should use the Secure Empty Trash option judiciously, keeping in mind that once it is used, the chances of ever recovering that file again is practically nil.

Manage my Keychains?

Keychain Access (/Applications/Utilities)

Enable the firewall on my system?

System Preferences→Sharing→Firewall→click on the Start button

Enable my firewall, but make it so I can still use Rendezvous with iChat and iTunes?

System Preferences→Sharing→Firewall→click on the Start button→click on the checkboxes next to “iChat Rendezvous (5297, 5298”, and “iTunes Music Sharing (3689)”

Allow people access to my Public folder?

System Preferences→Sharing→Services→click on the checkbox next to Personal File Sharing

Set a master password for my Mac?

System Preferences→Security→FileVault→click on the Set button

Turn on File→Vault protection for my user account?

System Preferences→Security→FileVault→FileVault protection is off for this account→click on the “Turn On FileVault” button

Make it so a user has to enter their password to wake their Mac up from sleep or to disable the screensaver?

System Preferences→Security→click on the checkbox next to “Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver”

Have my Mac automatically log me off if I haven’t used it within a certain amount of time?

System Preferences→Security→click on the checkbox next to “Log out after [60] minutes of inactivity→change the number ...