Macintosh: Protecting the System Folder from Tampering



I need to prevent my users from changing or removing resources from their
System Folders. Do you know of a good way to do this?

I have already made the System Folders invisible with ResEdit. Are there any
potential problems with this approach?

System Software 6.0.x will not run INITs from invisible files. Because your
files are visible (but the folder is not), this should not be a problem.
However, other applications may have problems with this method.

A better, but more expensive, solution would be to use a security package
(such as Empower, from Magna) which supports password protection of specific
folders. Another solution is Casady & Greene's Access Managed Environment
(A.M.E.), an integrated security and virus program with numerous utility-like
options (activities log, passwords, auto sign on/off, etc) for the individual
or multiple users.

For more information, search the Technical Info library under: "Magna" and
"Casady & Greene"


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012