Comments on: Setting Parental Controls in Leopard

By: Kirk

Kirk — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:38:28 +0000

When I had more files, those 9 numbers disappeared, and there was only one. I
clicked the right arrow and it kept going to the end (in my test, around 180
files).

Kirk

By: Kurtois

Kurtois — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:35:26 +0000

Hmmm….Was this in icon view? I believe this is the only option simple finder users get. If that is the case, on a 1024×768 screen you only get 20 files displayed in a simple finder window. 9 * ~20 files = 180 files. Can you try using >1K files?

Note that I performed this test on a shared volume and the user’s home directory which is on the system OS local disk.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:54:17 +0000

I just tried putting a bunch of stuff in the Shared folder, and it showed all of it. I
added more, and it still showed it. First, it showed number icons from 1 to 9,
then, where there was too much, just showed a single icon. Check; you should
be able to see everything.

Kirk

By: Kurtois

Kurtois — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:31:38 +0000

I do when the number of files is low (below 100?). Otherwise, the prev/next arrows with the number in between does not appear.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:03:48 +0000

You don’t see arrows at the bottom of the window to access more files?

By: Kurtois

Kurtois — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:58:00 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions, Kirk.

I took the alias route for now, and well, I suspect due to the number of files (~1100), the simple finder only allows the managed user to browse more than the first ~20 files that it can display in it’s restricted window size. I guess that number of files breaks the simple finder code?

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:22:36 +0000

Hi Ginger,

That’s all I have in the works about Leopard for now. Other ideas being
discussed, but the general book market for OS books has plummeted in recent
years. Everyone just learns by reading websites.

Kirk

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:20:58 +0000

You can set their home folder to be on another volume; I cover that in my ebook
(it’s in the Advanced options in the Accounts pane). You could, of course, also
just have an alias point to a folder on another volume, if you want just the
Documents folder elsewhere.

As for Spotlight, you’d have to test it. Since the files would be outside the user’s
space, I’m not sure if they would get indexed correctly. A lot would depend on
the permissions of the shared volume.

Kirk

By: Kurtois

Kurtois — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:37:03 +0000

I used a pipe symbol on the Macworld webpage, and well, that caused havoc with their validation routines.

Anyway, my question is this:

I have a user setup with the "Simple Finder" in Leopard. I would like this "Simple Finder" user to be able to:

-Have their Documents really point to a shared network volume
-Have their Documents searchable via Spotlight

Thoughts?

I hope I receive notification via email of any replies to my comment here.

By: docartemis

docartemis — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:10:54 +0000

Hi Kirk, Glad to see you getting some exposure in MacWorld. Do you have more books about Leopard in the works?

Ginger Campbell, MD

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