Re: Let's hope XP doesn't keep this "one-up" on OS X!
Re: Let's hope XP doesn't keep this "one-up" on OS X!
- Subject: Re: Let's hope XP doesn't keep this "one-up" on OS X!
- From: Ryan Dary <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 12:34:23 -0700
Scott,
For you, just create one account at the Admin level and set the
automatic login. Then use that one account ALL the time for you and all
your friends and family. You will not be bombarded with any multi-user
stuff if you do that. You will however have to find multi-user/profile
software for your email needs (or any other per-user settings
applications) unless you intend to have one inbox for everyone.
What is it about the multi-user system that you dislike? Obviously for
a single user it can be unnecessary, however for most
families/offices/schools where more than one person is likely to be
using the same computer it is an ideal solution.
Besides any concerns you have against using a multi-user environment,
this feature is still very desired. It just wouldn't affect those who
don't use it.
- Ryan
On Thursday, July 5, 2001, at 09:56 AM, email@hidden wrote:
Let's bring it back the other way for a sec.
Personally, I very much dislike the multi-user crap in OSX
altogether. I
think as with any good user interface, there should be a way to turn it
off.
(i.e. no references to root anywhere.) I constantly live in fear that
my
OSX partition is going to be "fixed" by Norton again and I'll lose all
my
"user settings", auto login, etc. and I'll be stuck without knowing the
root
password again. Unix...
I can do the whole scenario below under OS9 right now without having to
switch user accounts, etc.
But, I can see the value of the feature for people concerned about
multi-user setups, but what about the little guy ;)
Scott