My son can bypass admin requirements and install software in his account.

sc_marktsc_markt
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in macOS edited January 2014
How can this be? He's installing software on the laptop I got him but he doesn't have admin privileges.

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    outsideroutsider Posts: 6,008member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sc_markt View Post


    How can this be? He's installing software on the laptop I got him but he doesn't have admin privileges.



    He can drag apps to his home folder and they'll work and you don't need admin rights for that. You only need admin rights to install in the main Applications folder. To fully control that you need to enable Parental Controls and enable apps with a whitelist.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    Curious... is this to stop him from installing P2P applications that could be used for illegal purposes?
  • Reply 3 of 3
    sc_marktsc_markt Posts: 1,402member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dfiler View Post


    Curious... is this to stop him from installing P2P applications that could be used for illegal purposes?



    No. But now that you mentioned this, I wonder if he's using them?



    I'm just sort of mad that he found a way around parental controls.
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