bjb@pyramid.pyramid.com (Bruce Beare) (05/06/89)
This problem has (certainly) been discussed in this newsgroup before, but... I have a small child that I let use the Mac in an unsupervised mode. The Mac has a single 40MB disk. I would like to prevent him from erasing any of my files. I know of the alternatives such as partitioning the disk, but that is not realistic as the drive is nearly full and I can't afford to fragment what space I have left. What I would like is an init/cdev that would allow me to lock a folder or a disk drive icon. I could put his folder on the desktop - and lock the icon for the disk. Any programs in the locked folder/disk-icon should be runnable, but double-clicking on it would not open the folder/disk-icon. Ideally, a desk accessory would be used to unlock the folder/disk-icon. No password is necessarily required. Any information would be appreciated. Bruce Beare ..!uunet!pyramid!bjb