Chapter 5
Setting Up Multiuser Accounts
In This Chapter
Adding, modifying, and deleting users
Establishing Parental Controls
Configuring FileVault
Avoiding keychains
In Chapter 4 of this minibook, I introduce you to the different OS X multiuser account levels and the login process. In this chapter, if you’re ready to share your Mac with others, you discover how to add new accounts and edit existing accounts. Oh, and yes, I also show you how to frag — that’s multiplayer game-speak for “destroy” — accounts that you no longer need. I also demonstrate how to add optional limitations to an individual user account and how to avoid using a keychain (a tool that’s supposed to make it easier to store that pocketful of passwords you’ve created on the Internet).
Yes, you read correctly. By all that’s good and righteous, OS X actually has a feature that I don’t want you to use. Read on to find out more.
Adding, Editing, and Deleting Users
Most multiuser account chores you’ll encounter take place in a single System Preferences pane. (Cue James Bond theme song.) The Users & Groups pane is the ...
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