[OT] Re: xcode applescript apps won't run with limited user?
[OT] Re: xcode applescript apps won't run with limited user?
- Subject: [OT] Re: xcode applescript apps won't run with limited user?
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:23:48 +0000
On 11 Jan 2004, at 15:44, Devon Jacobs wrote:
> I am trying to lock down some macs in a lab, and have written a simple
> applescript login application with a GUI (from interface builder) using
> xcode to automatically mount student folders on our 'server' and
> perform a
> couple of other routine tasks.
>
> Here's what *should* happen:
>
> The student account does an auto-login, and then the app should run as
> a
> startup item, take the name and password info, mount the student
> folder on
> the server, perform it's maintenance tasks, and close. All the bugs
> have
> been worked out and it works great under either the admin or student
> account
> with ANY account settings (including simple finder, and limited user)
> until
> I try to apply the limited access 'use only these applications' option
> to
> the account.
Perhaps I'm being really dumb, but why not just use the built-in
security system? Give all of your users accounts on your server, then
have the Macs in the lab authenticate off it. That way, the users all
get individual settings, you will be able to create groups of users
(e.g. "students"), and everything will work as expected. You can even
set it to auto-mount their home directory, all without a single line of
Applescript.
Trying to implement your own authentication system using Applescript
seems like a mistake.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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