Re: using bless to change boot device
Re: using bless to change boot device
- Subject: Re: using bless to change boot device
- From: Darkshadow <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:38:14 -0400
On Aug 20, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Herbert wrote:
That's not actually true. I'm logged into an Admin account, and the
lock is closed till I click on it and enter my admin password.
On a further note, I've been playing more with bless and I have
found that you do indeed have to be root or use sudo to change the
boot device.
However, you don't have to be root to change it using the System
Preferences. So what's the difference here? What is System Prefs
doing that bless doesn't?
If you lock it during your login session, it'll remain locked until
you unlock it. But when you first login with an admin account, it is
unlocked by default.
System Preferences uses a helper tool that runs as root (regardless
of the user running SP) in the background to change settings. That's
what the difference is.
Darkshadow (aka Michael Nickerson)
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