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Re: using bless to change boot device
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Re: using bless to change boot device


  • Subject: Re: using bless to change boot device
  • From: Herbert <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:58:01 -0700

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?

On Aug 20, 2005, at 2:56 AM, Markus Hitter wrote:


Am 20.08.2005 um 06:29 schrieb Justin C. Walker:


On Aug 19, 2005, at 21:03 , Herbert wrote:


I think this may be the problem but I'm not sure. I can't remember how to turn that lock to "off" permanently. Can anyone else?


The lock is 'open' for me (on the few panels I checked). I don't know how to control that, though.



After a login, it's open if you logged in with an admin account and closed if you used an non-admin account. Once you authenticated/ unlocked an non-admin account, the lock will stay open for the remaining time of the current user session (which means several weeks for me).


This is how it works here on 10.4.2, at least.


Markus

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