Permission to edit users files etc.

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ereedtz

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In Panther, how can I set the permission for the administrator-account, so that I (when logged in as the administrator) can view and edit files of other users?

Now there is a red stop-icon on the non-public folders.
 
It also looks _dangerous_ and should basically just not be done, really. If you often have to edit the same files of specific users, you should rather have the user put the files into his shared folder or something...
 
Well, thats ok.

I'm a teacher at a highschool, where students make filmproductions in groups. I give them a user-account, they make their film, and then I have to clean up the Harddisk for the next productiongroup.

So it will for fine for me. But I do see your point.
 
While fryke is quite correct, and being 'root' does allow one total access to all files and folders (directories), however - Mac'ers have had such access from System 1.0 to System 9.2.2) [some say the last 'System' was 7.6.1, after Apple changed the Operating System's name to 'Mac OS ...' when Copland containing '8' appeared)].

Quite a number of (non-MacOS X) Mac'ers (greater than 20 million, in fact) actually used their Macs as such (as 'root', unknowingly of the term) with no 'root' related problems or dangerous results. Yes, there were several who did. Then again, there are millions having problems with MacOS X, and they are not logged in as 'root'.
 
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