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10.5: Be aware of a multiple user screen lock issue
Authored by: stewarsh on Thu, Dec 27 2007 at 9:53AM PST

Why change the password at all? As an admin I can have full access to any file you own.

Also with a single command I can become that user without having to know that user's password. Now since OS X is not X11, I'm not certain I can start a GUI session, but I can do anything else I want.

Remember that an admin(aka root-like) on a UNIX machine can pretty much do anything they want.

10.5: Be aware of a multiple user screen lock issue
Authored by: stewarsh on Thu, Dec 27 2007 at 10:00AM PST

Please note, that the above does not apply to a file-vault account since the data there is kept in an encrypted DMG file and cannot be mounted without the right key.