Locking the Dock

Diego Zamboni diego-osxadmin at zzamboni.org
Mon Feb 4 16:22:36 PST 2008


Hi,

> Wondering if anybody knows of a way to "lock" the icons in the dock?
>
> I've got an iMac--I belive running under 10.4--in the Kindergarten  
> room.  The kids removed a dock icon by accident.  I figure, once  
> they discover the little "poof" when you take an icon out of the  
> dock, it won't be long before it is an intentional accident.
>
> I'd like to be able to restrict the privileges on their account a  
> bit more, say something similar to what I can do with Mac Manager on  
> the 9.2.2 machines in the computer lab.
>
> At the very least, the dock must be locked.

Maybe Parental Controls would do what you need? I think (I have never  
used them) that you can specify that the user should not be able to  
modify the Dock, plus other restrictions.

--Diego



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