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10.5: Prevent users from ejecting CDs with dscl
Authored by: lithoman on Wed, Jan 16 2008 at 11:16AM PST

You should use the parental controls to prevent CD/DVD burning or all they have to due is in I-Tunes is go to burn a playlist and the mac will open the CD tray to insert a blank. They can then cancel and insert the disc they want. I am sure they have seen this behavior on someone elses machine. There are several ways to open the tray during boot-up, unfortunately.