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From: rene@ascom.uucp (Rene Bach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Protection against kids
Message-ID: <122@ascom.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 89 09:58:06 GMT
Reply-To: rene@ascom.UUCP (Dr. Rene Bach)
Organization: Ascom Tech AG, Solothurn, CH
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I used a Hypercard interface to protect my Mac from my kids fooling aroung with
it.  The mac boots using hypercard as startup.  I replaced the home card with a
protected, scripted home that defines buttons to call up all the games and
programs my kids like.  In addition, my stack traps all character inputs.  There
is a password protected button to access the finder for Daddy.  Since the Mac
uses this as startup, I have not had to look for any hidden files/folders.  Yeh,
my daughter liked to move things around, but fortunately, the trash was too far
away.

I am very happy with this setup.  Beware:  make backup copies of your stack
before adding the password protection and key traps.  The price is a slightly
longer boot up time and entering of a password to access the finder.

Rene
Ascom Tech AG
Switzerland
rene@ascom.uucp