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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