[muglo] Re: B&W or PC?

on 9/4/03 5:06 PM, Alex at admeddemda@xxxxxx wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:29:20 -0400, "Eric D." <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> said:
>> 
>> on 9/4/03 12:51 AM, Alex at admeddemda@xxxxxx wrote:
>> 
>>> wait wait.. here again i am talking about classic OS.. not X... X (I
>>> remind myself) is horrid... while you can delete stuff via the trash, you
>>> leave files hanging around unless you know how to remove them... they
>>> dont cause any trouble, but sometimes can be personal stuff. (esp on a
>>> shared mac)... need to learn X/UNIX to figure out how to trash them.
>> 
>> Me don't understand? Leaving files around after you delete them via
>> trash?
> 
> I meant... in cleaning up my powertowerpro system to get it ready for
> someone else to use.. I tried to trash all my personal files out of X (bc
> an X reinstall on the PTP would be horrid, removing hardware, switching
> scsi busses, etc). Only to find tons of personal stuff left on there... i
> think... but i dont know... see... bc i dont know where stuff like that
> hides in x... like prefs in 9.. wheres prefs in x? i can easily make a
> 9os never look like ive used it w/o a reinstall... but i cant do the same
> for X cuz i dont know how...

Running OS X on a clone, and on an unsupported configuration at that (pre-G3
mobo) caused all your install headaches. I just pop-in the CD and click
Install. Never have had to do anything different.

As for going back to a 'clean slate', you can do it in at least one way:
create a second 'admin level' account. Turn off auto-login. Restart into OS
9. Delete your own folder in the ~/Users/ directory, and, voila,
_everything_ that is OS X-specific and contains sensitive information is
gone, and your OS is cleared.

Only if you save files in other locations on your HD will sensitive
information persist (but OS X won't allow you to save in the OS hierarchy
itself so everything is in easy to find places).

That is redundant. If you can control access to your computer you can allow
only OS X booting (requires New World FirmWare... starting with the Pismo &
the Yikes G4)... then you don't have to worry about anything until someone
figures out they can bypass your security by resetting the power manager in
the laptop, or hitting the CUDA switch on a tower, and then they can pop in
a CD to boot into an insecure mode).


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